Swap caps lock and control on your keyboard
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RepeatedStrainInjury Cheesus Crust... just switch editors already.
Spoken like someone without foot pedals.
M-x Ctrl-? Why?
Re-binding caps lock is such a nice thing. I am a Perl programmer (yes, really), though not in emacs (vim all the way!)
I changed caps locks to $ and @ with shift decades ago. Especially since in my native layout they are awkward to reach.
How about get a mechanical keyboard with modified switches for your combining keys? I've been wanting to do that for mine for gaming.
Svalboard. Not am EMACS user (it's a fine editor/Lisp interpreter) but, even nice mechkb isn't necessarily going to prevent RSI or exacerbation of existing conditions. Best to change to a text-entry device that is designed with humans in mind.
Seems legit .. wonder what the vi developer had to say.
Neovim developer got sidetracked configuring their reply plugin
couldn't post as they're still trying to escape their selfmade hell. /s
:q!
Evil mode, god mode, devil mode, meow mode all exist to fix this problem
I compared the up-down key work with emacs against another popular editor, and the bad news for the other editor is that it costs 10% more up-down keyboard manipulation to do the same open-edit-close file work.
The difference was, where emacs used modifiers around a keystroke, the other editor used a few discrete keystrokes in series to get its work done; which is totally okay. It just used more.
So, this trolling is funny, but it's not the worst offender. Nope, not naming the other one, or the Mafia will what-about me to death.
Ask me about RAM usage next!