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IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs

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301 points nogajun | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | 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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qiine ◴[16 Nov 25 12:53 UTC] No.45944749[source]▶
wait foot pedals ?
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1. yvdriess ◴[18 Nov 25 20:28 UTC] No.45971589[source]▶
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.