On 06/06/09 02:48, bill lam wrote: > On Sat, 06 Jun 2009, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> That kind of reasoning reeks of "Progress is impossible; every change is >> necessarily for the worse". Should we go back to the first version of >> the first Vi then? Do it if you want; I won't. I prefer Vim's > > I think that you might misunderstand my message, I did not imply the > original vi or that ancient keyboard are better. OP questioned why > the frequently used key [esc] is located in such an unreachable position. > > Swapping doesn't mean disable capslock, pressing the esc will just do > the capslock's job. > > How to press the escape key is just a personal preference, but for I, > a touch typist, swapping it with capslock is more convenient. > > ymmv >
Maybe I lacked sleep or something: rereading that post, it seems more "flamy" than my usual. It is of course a personal preference, but maybe what triggered my ire was the flat-out, unqualified statement that the Esc key "should" be where it was on the keyboard used by the author of the original Vi, i.e., at the left end of one of the letter rows. I probably wouldn't have reacted to a post saying "I prefer" the Esc key where most people have CapsLock nowadays. The fact that I prefer Esc out of the way may be due to the fact that I'm not what people call a "touch typist": I type fast enough, but mostly with the five fingers of my right hand, which I let move left and right above the keyboard the way a pianist's or organist's hands move over the instrument's keyboard depending on which kays they have to press next. I have a sister who is a touch typist, and what's more, for both AZERTY and QWERTY (but of course not both at the same time), but I've never heard her say that she would like some keys to be swapped. Best regards, Tony. -- Earn cash in your spare time -- blackmail your friends --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
