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IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs

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301 points nogajun | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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trenchpilgrim ◴[16 Nov 25 01:32 UTC] No.45941990[source]▶
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.
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yvdriess ◴[16 Nov 25 10:26 UTC] No.45944014[source]▶
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.

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1. contrapunctus ◴[16 Nov 25 11:46 UTC] No.45944364[source]▶
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...

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2. yvdriess ◴[18 Nov 25 20:31 UTC] No.45971621[source]▶
I will absolutely try this one out, it looks a lot more useful than binding caps lock.