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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,
by yvdriess 11mo 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 11mo agoI 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 11mo agoI will absolutely try this one out, it looks a lot more useful than binding caps lock.
- qiine 11mo agowait foot pedals ?
- newcup 11mo agoOr an accordion! https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573 https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573
- yvdriess 11mo agoIt 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.