From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 01:38:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F55716A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:38:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from coruscant.rfc1149.org (coruscant.rfc1149.org [217.160.130.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2549543D2F for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:38:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arne@rfc2549.org) Received: by coruscant.rfc1149.org (Postfix, from userid 110) id E73A43F64; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:38:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kamino.rfc1149.org (dsl-213-023-193-090.arcor-ip.net [213.23.193.90]) by coruscant.rfc1149.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACEA53D28; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:38:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: by kamino.rfc1149.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DDE0240F1; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:38:08 +0200 (CEST) To: Sean McNeil 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> <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> From: Arne Schwabe Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:38:02 +0200 Message-ID: <86fz5341hh.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on coruscant.rfc1149.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:38:34 -0000 --=-=-= Sean McNeil 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----- --=-=-=--