Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:38:02 +0200 From: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> To: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <86fz5341hh.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> In-Reply-To: <1096323166.43375.8.camel@server.mcneil.com> (Sean McNeil's message of "Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:12:46 -0700") References: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> <1096290034.23046.82.camel@linux-mobile.example.net> <20040927143811.GA87515@sysmon.tcworks.net> <4158338A.9090309@pythonemproject.com> <E36A4F72-109E-11D9-BBA6-000D936BE398@bis.midco.net> <16728.33607.716813.703551@satchel.alerce.com> <1096320933.42513.9.camel@server.mcneil.com> <16728.36042.147168.928629@satchel.alerce.com> <1096323166.43375.8.camel@server.mcneil.com>
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--=-=-= Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> writes: >> Yeah, I'm an old weirdo [who also uses emacs a lot]. I grew up with >> the control key being that big sucker just to the left of the 'A' key, >> and reaching down and under to the bottom row bothers my left >> wrist/hand. I'm otherwise keyboard agnostic (I don't care where the >> esc key is, I just use ctrl-[ and I'm used to figuring out just what >> the BS/Del key sends) but the ctrl key is important. Fortunately, on >> PC hardware, it's easy enough to get it where i want/like/need it. > > I see what you mean. But they moved that a long time ago. I'm amazed > you have managed to stick with the old positioning. The feel of a > Logitech keyboard is pretty sweet. Hey, you can still buy a Sun Type 6 USB Keyboard with UNIX Layout (note US Layout is different from UNIX Layout), where escape, backspace and control have strange locations :) Arne -- compiling millions of tiny c-programs...done checking for a working configure script... not found --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBWMCAe8+cMNS4zRcRAqNcAJ0fFoAwyEUjaWCcXn8zIlAyAbhBjgCgw5uM uW0pZVUGfack01Du2+7zrMc= =ngad -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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