[TUHS] Re: Early Unix and Keyboard Skills

On Nov 2, 2022, at 8:27 AM, John P. Linderman <jpl.jpl(a)gmail.com> wrote:  When I was in high school (in the early sixties) I tried to sign up for typing, which was taught on manual typewriters. I was told that the class was for girls only, and I was turned away. I never did develop good typing skills. I'm pretty much a two-fingered typist. Ironically, I have probably done more typing than 90% of the female classmates who were allowed to take the class. Precision figured mightily in those days, which may also have pre-dated white-out. Eliminating an error was a big deal. Now it's dead easy, and auto-correct has already fixed several errors in this message. > On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:14 AM Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen(a)sdaoden.eu> wrote: > steve jenkin wrote in > <E212D205-B786-4441-A95B-B5F5546B5C6C(a)canb.auug.org.au>: > ... > |I’ve never heard anyone mention keyboard skills with the people of \ > |the CSRC - doesn’t anyone know? > > What i personally find more fascinating (given that -- in the > right condition -- i type pretty fast even in total darkness but > darkest possible monitor brightness) is the multitaskability some > show, in respect to combination of mouse and keyboard (or even > dual-mouse if i remember a message of Rob Pike right). I once > watched a video on the google tube of Russ Cox dancing acme doing > go testing, could be it is [1]. When he starts to actually work > a bit (late on iirc), that is thrilling, i could never select / > paste (kill snarf yank what do i know) that fast. > > [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M > > --steffen > | > |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, > |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one > |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off > |(By Robert Gernhardt)