IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs

This would have been great when I was learning Lisp in school! I tried emacs but due to joint issues the keybinds were painful to use, so I gave up and did the course in vim+SBCL's REPL instead.

Which joint issues? Have you tried evil mode?

> Which joint issues?

Pretty sure it's rheumatoid arthritis.

> Have you tried evil mode?

This was like fifteen years ago and I just went back to my working Vim setup I was already using for all my other classes.

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.

I 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/produ...

And here's my blog post about it -

https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/keyboard-machinatio...

wait foot pedals ?

Or an accordion! https://x.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573

Sorry to hear that. I have a family history of that as well. I think I'm starting to show signs of it.

Vim forever I guess. Im typing on a full split with cherry reds (very soft). What are you on?

Started using an Ergodox EZ with a custom map after I shattered one of my wrists in a vehicle crash, have stuck with it since.

It 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.

I will absolutely try this one out, it looks a lot more useful than binding caps lock.