Am 21.11.2014 um 05:45 schrieb Chow Loong Jin:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 02:34:11PM +0100, Thomas Güttler wrote:
Am 19.11.2014 um 10:07 schrieb Chow Loong Jin:
I'm happily touch-typing on a QWERTY keyboard (Thinkpad X230 user here) at
120WPM. I don't really have much of a problem hitting backspace or return/enter.
I'm also an Emacs user, and the only thing that really bothered me was the
location of the Ctrl key, which my CapsLock key has become. For backspace and
return, I usually flick my wrist clockwise and back. Pinky goes on the Enter
key, and fourth finger goes on the Backspace key. It doesn't seem to affect my
wrist too much when I do that.
I get RSI pains occasionally, but they stopped being much of a problem after I
found this useful video[1] on stretching your muscles when they ache. I believe
that in my case at least, the RSI pains are just muscle fatigue in the same way
your calves burn after a strenuous run.
What could the current situation be improved?
Nothing that wouldn't break the collective muscle memories of Ubuntu users
unfortunately. Remapping the backspace and enter keys aren't really an option if
you want to keep things usable for end-users.
Usability is on my mind. That's why don't want to use alternative keyboard
layouts like neo or colemak.
I want an extension, not a replacement.
Creating a new layer with the CapsLock key could be an solution.
Which would then break things for the CapsLock as Control people.
I don't know the percentage of ubuntu users who have modified the CapsLock
mapping. What's your guess?
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