Re: Re: New Kinesis

Don <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>
> That's a good idea by switching the Enter and Delete keys. I
> never really had a problem with the default positions. But now
> that I think about it, if left hand stays on keyboard, why not
> put a useful key like Enter there.

Actually, I also put Shift where backspace is by default. I moved
backspace to the left-control position. I use sticky keys, which allows
me to make do with just one shift key. And, since it is on the home row,
it is quite convenient. I didn't think that backspace deserved to be a
home row key. Even though it is fairly common, it is used for either
mistakes or for editing. A good typist should reduce his mistakes. And
when editing, the backspace key is not used interspersed with other keys
(it is used in repeated sequences), and thus does not deserve to be on
the home row.

I then set Alt-Gr to be where the enter key is by default. This makes it
very easy for me to type characters with diacriticals (which I place on
the Alt-Gr positions).
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