Hi all,
My apologies if this has been covered before, but I noticed some inconsistencies between the keyboard diagram here: https://colemak.com/Learn
and Shai's definitions for TypeFaster (from the xml definition file):
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand small finger two rows up to the far left">`</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand small finger two rows up to the left">1</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand ring finger two rows up to the left">2</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand middle finger two rows up to the left">3</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand middle finger two rows up slightly to the right">4</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand index finger two rows up slightly to the right">5</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="left hand index finger two rows up to the right">6</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="right hand index finger two rows up slightly to the left">7</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="right hand index finger two rows up slightly to the right">8</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="right hand middle finger two rows up slightly to the right">9</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="right hand ring finger two rows up slightly to the right">0</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="right hand ring finger two rows up to the right">-</value>
<value when="normal" draw="true" newline="true" say="right hand small finger two rows up to the right">=</value>
I'm fairly new to touch typing, and as a programmer I couldn't really find any good information on techniques for anything beyond the basic A-Za-z,. stuff. Are there any standards here, or is it anything goes and what suits you best? My gut feeling tells me I should do what feels best considering different finger lengths (see e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4314209.stm). My ring finger is so long I can almost poke your eye out when I mishit 2. Maybe someone can point me to some more official or researched guidelines. I'd also be particularly interested in how people solve stuff such as modifier keys being on only one side of the keyboard (AltGr, Control on a Sun type keyboard, etc.). I noticed in my old ways I used a lot of "bad" two finger modifier operations (even shift z for Z with one hand).
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