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I use Emacs as my primary... everything. But I totally see the point and need for mouse-driven functionality. Emacs only works if you have two functioning arms
by mrspeaker 6y ago
I use Emacs as my primary... everything. But I totally see the point and need for mouse-driven functionality. Emacs only works if you have two functioning arms with hands on them. Put a coffee, a sandwich, a cat, a kid, a beer... in one of your hands, and Emacs is unusable. If my cat wants some attention, I can't keep typin' stuff.
Though, not sure why the mouse-driven features are also wrapped up making shortcuts match VS-Code etc. That makes it a lot less useful.
- macintux 6y agoI was looking at a recent HN post about chording, and it struck me I'd have a hard time using a chording keyboard with Emacs. This might address that problem for me.
- kleiba 6y agoIf you can't type, I'm not sure the mouse is going to get you much ahead either ;-) But it's true that there might be a certain class of users with impediments for which a different input modality setup could be very beneficial. However, note that standard Emacs already provides menus and mouse support, it's just not what is commonly the focus of the editor.