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He also promotes this book: http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Body-Uncommon-Incredible-Superhuman/dp/030746363X http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Body-Uncommon-Incredibl

• emmelaich 13y ago
  Indeed, it doesn't look good. I don't know how you can be skeptical but then also try chiropractic and acupuncture (without trying a lot of other stuff) The wikipedia talk page is interesting. Here's my personal story about how I conquered my RSI: stopped using Emacs. It helped that I moved from a developer to a sysadmin role. When I do occasionally use Emacs, it's with viper mode.
  • dvdkhlng 13y ago
    After reading multiple comments criticising Emacs for wearing down the hands, there's some more stuff (apart from viper-mode) that makes Emacs use less damaging: * ergo-emacs key bindings (http://ergoemacs.org/features.html http://ergoemacs.org/features.html) * partial-completion-mode * auto-completion (e.g. binding dabbrev-expand to an easy reachable key/combo) * put window/buffer navigation onto easier reachable keys (for me F7, F11 work well) * Make buffer switching smarter by using ido-switch-buffer and ido-find-file instead of the normal switch-buffer and find-file functions (see documentation for ido-mode) * desktop-save-mode so you don't have to repeatedly re-open files after restarting emacs * Using auto-generated boilerplate when creating new files (see Emacs manual for define-auto-insert and friends) * using a Kinesis Advantage keyboard helps with emacs key combos as Ctrl/Alt can be reached via the thumbs without moving the hands. ...