I used to think the term "emacs pinky" was a joke, until I had the opportunity to use it full-time. Within a few weeks, my pinky started to hurt, and pressing t

I used to think the term "emacs pinky" was a joke, until I had the opportunity to use it full-time. Within a few weeks, my pinky started to hurt, and pressing the Ctrl-key was especially painful. Not unbearable, but still, pretty annoying. Then I found out how to turn CAPS LOCK into an additional Ctrl, and ever since it has been one of the first things I do on a new computer. I only ever used CAPS LOCK by accident, anyway, so it's a double win.