On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 14:04 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > The keyboard for typesetting machines (Linotypes, etc.) is a different > layout yet again, and makes up for the prevalence of certain letters > in the English language (the "e", for example, is the first channel > closest to the casting blank since "e" is used far more often than > other letters). Yes, I used to do hot-metal typesetting and ran > Linotypes. And if I remember correctly, is the only keyboard that lets you use proper punctuation, without cryptic key combinations. I seem to remember that it was also designed for fast one-handed typing. -- (Currently running FC4, but testing FC5, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
