On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:52 AM, John Matthewman <jmatthew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yea, probably a good idea (of course, ignoring Emacs' chained > keybindings). Sandy would benefit from a better set of default > bindings. Though for reference you might want to look at something > like mg [http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg], or one of > the other micro Emacs implementations, as they'll have the most > important bindings and commands, and you won't have to sift through > all of the extra garbage that is Emacs.
*Please*, use sane keybindings. Emacs and vi were made with a specific keyboard from the 70s in mind. A time were the hjkl keys had little arrows on them. A triangle layout (wqsd or ijkl for example) is much easier to type. Highly recommended readings from the (in?)famous Xah Lee: http://xahlee.org/emacs/keyboard_hardware_and_key_choices.html http://xahlee.org/kbd/vi_emacs_keybinding_design.html http://xahlee.org/comp/keyboard_shortcut_design.html Keyboard related (prepare for some time warp if you start reading): http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/keyboarding.html
