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This would have been great when I was learning Lisp in school! I tried emacs but due to joint issues the keybinds were painful to use, so I gave up and did the

This would have been great when I was learning Lisp in school! I tried emacs but due to joint issues the keybinds were painful to use, so I gave up and did the course in vim+SBCL's REPL instead.

dmead 10mo ago
Which joint issues? Have you tried evil mode?
- trenchpilgrim 10mo ago
  > Which joint issues? Pretty sure it's rheumatoid arthritis. > Have you tried evil mode? This was like fifteen years ago and I just went back to my working Vim setup I was already using for all my other classes.
  - dmead 10mo ago
    Sorry to hear that. I have a family history of that as well. I think I'm starting to show signs of it. Vim forever I guess. Im typing on a full split with cherry reds (very soft). What are you on?
    - trenchpilgrim 10mo ago
      Started using an Ergodox EZ with a custom map after I shattered one of my wrists in a vehicle crash, have stuck with it since.
yvdriess 10mo ago
It is fairly common for emacs users to bind Ctrl or Meta to caps lock for improved ergonomics. There's also a bunch of RSI sufferers that are using foot pedals, which actually makes a lot of sense. I personally switched to emacs for more than just Lisp when I started developing early signs for RSI. Switching to a purely KB driven interface has saved my wrists.
- contrapunctus 10mo ago
  I use kmonad to make Space act as Control when held, and it's absolutely life-changing - not just in Emacs, but in all applications. This is my configuration - https://codeberg.org/contrapunctus/dotfiles/src/branch/production/kmonad-legion.kbd https://codeberg.org/contrapunctus/dotfiles/src/branch/produ... And here's my blog post about it - https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/keyboard-machinations-kmonad.html https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/keyboard-machinatio...
  - yvdriess 10mo ago
    I will absolutely try this one out, it looks a lot more useful than binding caps lock.
- qiine 10mo ago
  wait foot pedals ?
  - newcup 10mo ago
    Or an accordion! https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573 https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573
  - yvdriess 10mo ago
    It pops up a surprising number of times. Keysets or chorded keyboards have been around since The Mother of all Demos, but never really seemed to have caught on. It makes sense to me to put them at your feet to chord some common actions or modifiers.

This would have been great when I was learning Lisp in school! I tried emacs but due to joint issues the keybinds were painful to use, so I gave up and did the course in vim+SBCL's REPL instead.

dmead 10mo ago

Which joint issues? Have you tried evil mode?

trenchpilgrim 10mo ago
> Which joint issues? Pretty sure it's rheumatoid arthritis. > Have you tried evil mode? This was like fifteen years ago and I just went back to my working Vim setup I was already using for all my other classes.
- dmead 10mo ago
  Sorry to hear that. I have a family history of that as well. I think I'm starting to show signs of it. Vim forever I guess. Im typing on a full split with cherry reds (very soft). What are you on?
  - trenchpilgrim 10mo ago
    Started using an Ergodox EZ with a custom map after I shattered one of my wrists in a vehicle crash, have stuck with it since.

yvdriess 10mo ago

It is fairly common for emacs users to bind Ctrl or Meta to caps lock for improved ergonomics. There's also a bunch of RSI sufferers that are using foot pedals, which actually makes a lot of sense. I personally switched to emacs for more than just Lisp when I started developing early signs for RSI. Switching to a purely KB driven interface has saved my wrists.

contrapunctus 10mo ago
I use kmonad to make Space act as Control when held, and it's absolutely life-changing - not just in Emacs, but in all applications. This is my configuration - https://codeberg.org/contrapunctus/dotfiles/src/branch/production/kmonad-legion.kbd https://codeberg.org/contrapunctus/dotfiles/src/branch/produ... And here's my blog post about it - https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/keyboard-machinations-kmonad.html https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/keyboard-machinatio...
- yvdriess 10mo ago
  I will absolutely try this one out, it looks a lot more useful than binding caps lock.
qiine 10mo ago
wait foot pedals ?
- newcup 10mo ago
  Or an accordion! https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573 https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573
- yvdriess 10mo ago
  It pops up a surprising number of times. Keysets or chorded keyboards have been around since The Mother of all Demos, but never really seemed to have caught on. It makes sense to me to put them at your feet to chord some common actions or modifiers.