>>4
I seriously doubt tlhIngan Hol has words for all the wimpy drinks they sell.
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Anonymous2010-05-08 5:24
>>7
Presumably it'll have words to express my rage when my $5.00 mochafrappafuckawhatta tastes like they pulled the coffee beans outta the garbage disposal.
(when they re-make it, it tastes exactly the same)
Dvorak is a pain in the ass because most programs bind hotkeys based on where letters are rather than what they are. hjkl in vi, for example, is thoroughly useless.
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Anonymous2010-05-08 12:54
>>10
I'm pretty sure that vi's keybindings are re-bindable.
>>11
Yeah, but pretty much every key does something. You'd end up propagating a forced set of changes that would make the bindings unrecognizable and most likely destroy existing mnemonics.
>>21
The pinky is the second most embarrassing place to get RSI.
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Anonymous2010-05-08 18:28
>>22
You have no one to blame but yourself if you refuse to put the control key on the right place.
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Anonymous2010-05-08 18:30
>>23
To the left or right of Fn? That is the eternal question.
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Anonymous2010-05-08 18:35
>>23
I have a sneaking suspicion that you're one of those "have only one control key, and put it where backspace belongs" morons.
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Anonymous2010-05-08 18:39
>>24
If you put it where the caps lock key is, and turn your hand slightly, then you can rest your pinky on caps (now ctrl) and your other three fingers on s,d and f. I find this pretty comfortable.
The problem now would be C-a, C-z and C-q. I rarely use C-q (quoted-insert) and would use the right ctrl key; C-z (suspend-frame) is almost always a mistake and now annoying to press; C-a is pretty common, but easily reached with pinky and ring finger.
>>26
C-q could be reached with the useless finger quite easily.
C-a can be hit with the trick of pressing two keys with one finger, an action I find quite satisfying.
>>26
If you put ctrl where most keyboards have alt, you can hit it quite easily with your left thumb, and still have all fingers on home row. I have found this layout to be quite comfortable.
>>25
Backspace never belonged there and Colemak is dumb for not mapping control (much more useful) onto caps lock.
Also, what's wrong with just using your ring finger for C-q, C-z, or C-z? It's not like you're even typing words so you're not really touch typing anyway and keeping it flexible sure doesn't hurt (you don't type "cd" on qwertz with two fingers? What the fuck is wrong with you?).