On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:04:18 -0600, Joel C. Ewing wrote: > ... >The worst of both worlds is a process that can only be done by a >combination of mouse clicks and keyboard entry where a good typist must >continually shift mouse hand between mouse and keyboard. Make that a >repetitive process that is needed hundreds of times, and I find that a >process that involves the entire hand and arm will become physically >tiresome quicker than one that just requires finger movement. > Reducing arm movement was probably a motivation for moving the PF keys from a remote keypad to the top row. And modal editors favor less motion. But the <ESC> key is too far away.
The behavior of <ESC> surprisingly time-dependent. But it works surprisingly well. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
