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- From: sahul@loading-zone.Stanford.EDU (Zakir H. Sahul)
- Subject: Re: hand injuries
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.070825.22091@EE.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: sahul@loading-zone (Zakir H. Sahul)
- Organization: Stanford University
- References: <1993Jan26.003206.29170@smos.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 07:08:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.003206.29170@smos.com>, david@smos.com (David Tornheim) writes:
- |> I have used EMACS for about 8 years now and have sworn by it, since
- |> I can use it on almost every machine. Unfortunately, I've noticed that
- |> my hands hurt quite a bit at the end of the day, _especially_ when
- |> I edit files with EMACS. The frequent use of the CNTL key combined
- |> with another key is the motion that is most painful. (e.g. I use C-b and
- |> C-f a lot to move around within a line, since commands like M-F and
- |> M-B actually take longer). Because of this, I'm seriously considering
- |> switching over to the evil VI editor to save my hands from permanent
- |> damage (no kidding!). Is anyone else in the same boat? Does anyone
- |> have other suggestions?
- |>
-
-
- My left pinky also hurts from hitting the CNTL key a lot. I wish there was
- something....
-
- Is there elisp code that will enable emacs to:
-
- 1) Act like regular emacs when in "insert" mode.
-
- 2) When in "browse" mode, then one does't need to hit the CNTL key for C-key
- commands. For example, if in "insert" mode, C-n = next line, C-e = end of
- line, and C-l = recenter, then in "browse" mode, n = next line, e = end of line
- and l = recenter. Command that require two keys (C-x C-c etc) will remain the
- same.
-
- 3) A special key (like C-i) can be defined to toggle between "insert" and
- "browse" modes.
-
- vip mode does a decent job of doing this. However, I do not like the "vi"
- definition of cursor movement keys. I would prefer to customize them.
- Alternatively, is there a vip-mode.el that I can modify?
-
- Thanks for all replies!
-
- -Zak.
-