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I first came across Xah Lee's site years ago while trying to mitigate some mild RSI. At that time I saw he was an RSI sufferer and hardcore Emacs user. Over th
by Optimal_Persona 3y ago
I first came across Xah Lee's site years ago while trying to mitigate some mild RSI. At that time I saw he was an RSI sufferer and hardcore Emacs user. Over the years when I see an article by devs with chronic RSI, all I will say is that they are rarely written by vim users. I know key mappings can be changed but I don't think the default chording key combos of Emacs are ergonomic. I believe Richard Stallman is another victim of this.
BTW no RSI issues since I switched to using only laptop keyboards with quality trackpads and ensure straight relaxed wrists, and I type a lot faster as well. IME mice are terrible.
- Given_47 3y agoI stumbled across his site (and this post) two days ago lol! I think I saw someone had mentioned/linked the palm control method which I found pretty ingenious. Mice are definitely terrible and one day I’ll get around to adding full mouse emulation to my QMK keyboard. And even tho Apple trackpad is nice I find it difficult to use cuz my mouse has like twelve buttons all programmed to different app specific functions so it’s actually rather ergonomic; the only worrying part is moving the hand off the keyboard
- mapmap 3y agoAnother data point: I developed RSI in the tip of my finger from using an external trackpad at work. It felt like a splinter. I switched to a cheap vertical grip mouse where I could click farther up my finger. The pain eventually went away.
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