Can any other Emacs users comment on this... I started using emacs around this summer because I started studying Scheme a little. Now I'm using it full time especially after discovering org mode.
Lately I've been having pain in my left hand thumb and pinky. No so much in my right hand. Any one else have RSI type problem with emacs?
I think I'll switch back to vim for a while and see if it clears up. yes i know about evil. I just want to see what and how much I'll miss
Emacs and RSI?
Owen Fisher
David Flores
RSI is purely psychological. Please send me all the money you'll spend on useless widgets, doctors etc. Thanks.
Ayden White
Well being that the only money I'm going to spend is in switching back to vim or installing evil I'll send you a grand total of $0.
Where to send?
Dylan Hernandez
If you're using Emacs with the default ctrl position on a PC keyboard, you'll become a cripple. Bind that shit to caps lock.
Your pinky isn't designed to always be thrusting at 120deg + 90deg angles away from the rest of your fingers. Use it very sparingly.
Juan Long
xcape
github.com/alols/xcape
Jordan Ward
This. I use the CTRL key in Vim very often as well (in insert mode) and rebinding the useless Caps Lock is a life saver. That position is also where the CTRL key used to be when vi was originally designed.
John Bell
Swap caps-lock with control:setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier
Place this on your .xinitrc or equivalent. Alternatively, use the right ctrl more, it takes some time to get used.
Luis Adams
Nope. As a gaymer my hands have adapted to contort into any position that's needed. Maybe you need to start using an emacs pedal.
David Barnes
Use evil mode
Noah Roberts
This is the keyboard Emacs was design for. Notice the position of CTRL.
Either swap Ctrl and Alt or Ctrl and CapsLock.