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- From: del@giant.INTranet.COM (G. Del Merritt)
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
- Subject: Re: hand injuries
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 15:12:57 -0500
- Organization: Gatewayed from the GNU Project mailing list help-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- >From: david@smos.com (David Tornheim)
- >Message-id: <1993Jan26.003206.29170@smos.com>
- >
- >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?
-
- I too have "emacs pinky", particularly debilitating for the left hand.
- I suspect that one alternative is to get an X terminal, and use the X
- interface to emacs. This would help for the routine scrolling up and
- down a buffer.
-
- Instead of switching to vi, consider switching to one of the vi
- emulators in emacs. In that way, you can get the "best" of both
- worlds, with only minimal compromise. (the opinion of an emacs user
- who used vi only until he got emacs installed on a given box ;-) Maybe
- I'll even take my own advice...
-
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