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Thanks for the reply! I guess I was a bit one-sided on my keyboard judgment. However, could you elaborate on your emacs chording remark? How exactly is it easi

by brianto2010 17y ago

Thanks for the reply! I guess I was a bit one-sided on my keyboard judgment. However, could you elaborate on your emacs chording remark? How exactly is it easier? (I'm not an emacs user) This may be a bit off-topic, but I've heard stories about people suffering from eye strain due to bright LED lights and/or smaller font sizes. Have you ever suffered from eye strain due to extended use? How does coding on a netbook feel if you use it for an extended period? Lastly, I'm concerned about performance issues. I've heard that netbooks are notoriously slow, which implies slowing down the coding process? Is that true for you? Does it allow for virtual desktops and is it fast (enough)?

grandalf 17y ago
Emacs is designed to be used 100% by keyboard... one way it has evolved is to support chords (holding down multiple keys then pressing another)... This keyboard is flat and the keys do not have big "trenches" between them, which makes it easy to hold down (for example) shift and ctrl at once. I have not experienced eye strain from the display brightness, though a few times I have temporarily made the font larger (I find that sometimes I just feel like using a 12pt font to write code)... The netbook is somewhat slow (about 70% the speed of my regular laptop for things like running a test suite, etc. I have actually enjoyed this and taken the extra time to take a few deep breaths and practice mindfulness :) I know it sounds weird but it's easy to get caught up in the rush to write more code -- to the point where even a very fast laptop will feel mind-numbingly slow at times... I know this one is a bit slower, and by accepting that and enjoying the occasional moment of patient waiting I have come to enjoy some of those previously annoying slowdowns...

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Thanks for the reply! I guess I was a bit one-sided on my keyboard judgment. However, could you elaborate on your emacs chording remark? How exactly is it easi

by brianto2010 17y ago

grandalf 17y ago
Emacs is designed to be used 100% by keyboard... one way it has evolved is to support chords (holding down multiple keys then pressing another)... This keyboard is flat and the keys do not have big "trenches" between them, which makes it easy to hold down (for example) shift and ctrl at once. I have not experienced eye strain from the display brightness, though a few times I have temporarily made the font larger (I find that sometimes I just feel like using a 12pt font to write code)... The netbook is somewhat slow (about 70% the speed of my regular laptop for things like running a test suite, etc. I have actually enjoyed this and taken the extra time to take a few deep breaths and practice mindfulness :) I know it sounds weird but it's easy to get caught up in the rush to write more code -- to the point where even a very fast laptop will feel mind-numbingly slow at times... I know this one is a bit slower, and by accepting that and enjoying the occasional moment of patient waiting I have come to enjoy some of those previously annoying slowdowns...