From: Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>
To: B Smith-Mannschott <bsmith.occs@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RSI
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:16:42 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ac505ad0909071016s3ac74c00l74a028568326d495@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <28c656e20909070625q40b3d886j67c7ab2e20a3aeba@mail.gmail.com>
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Ben,
Please publish your .emacs configuration!
Daniel
2009/9/7 B Smith-Mannschott <bsmith.occs@gmail.com>
> A few tips from an emacs hand who has had issues with repetitive
> strain in the past:
>
> The first thing I did after starting my first "real job" (years ago,
> when my RSI was pretty bad and my employer-supplied keyboard was in
> violation of the geneva conventions):
>
> 1. I got a kinesis contoured keyboard (like the "Kinesis Advantage"
> I'm typing on now.) It places C- and M- (Alt key) under your thumbs.
> (You could even assign them to foot pedals, though I never managed due
> to lack of rhythm -- guess I should have taken drumming classes at
> school.) The layout is completely programmable without additional
> software. In short: it's the ultimate emacs keybaord.
>
> 2. More recently, I had a flare up (Apple's wireless mouse is the work
> of the devil, for my hands at least.) It was then that I discovered
> "Sticky Keys".
>
> Sticky keys takes some getting used to. It makes every modifier key
> work a little like caps lock. Sounds horrible, doesn't it? Well, it's
> not really. Basically, if you press control once, it "locks" control
> down for the next keystroke only, after which point the keyboard
> returns to normal. Press control twice, and it locks down until you
> release it with a third press.
>
> C-x C-f
>
> Used to be: press and hold control. Press and release x. press and
> release f. Release control.
> Now it's Press and release control twice. Press and release x. press
> and release f. Press and release control.
>
> This turns out to be easier on my hands because I don't find myself
> contorting my hands across the keyboard while I try to hold down more
> than one key at a time. I have sticky keys turned on on all my
> computers, except for the one at work where I have the kinesis
> keyboard.
>
> 3. I've rebound caps lock to control on all my keyboards (apart from
> the kinesis, where I have caps lock bound to the windows key.)
>
> 4. I have a "happy hacking" keyboard, which has control where caps
> lock is on an AT keyboard (and no caps key). The happy hacking
> keyboard has the drawback that it has no right control key. (Sticky
> keys helps here too.)
>
> // Ben
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-07 17:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-01 18:11 RSI Samuel Wales
2009-09-01 18:16 ` RSI Samuel Wales
2009-09-01 18:22 ` RSI Keith Lancaster
2009-11-04 11:22 ` RSI Adam Spiers
2009-11-04 14:30 ` RSI Bill Powell
2009-09-01 18:22 ` RSI PT
2009-09-01 19:50 ` RSI Matt Lundin
2009-09-07 9:48 ` RSI Eric S Fraga, Eric S Fraga
2009-09-07 11:34 ` Alan E. Davis
2009-09-11 15:34 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-09-11 15:29 ` Eric S Fraga
2009-09-07 13:25 ` RSI B Smith-Mannschott
2009-09-07 17:16 ` Daniel Martins [this message]
2009-09-07 19:48 ` RSI B Smith-Mannschott
2009-09-08 5:50 ` RSI PT
2009-09-08 8:05 ` RSI B Smith-Mannschott
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2009-09-13 17:03 ` RSI Michael Brand
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