On Sat, 06 Jul 2013 09:10:39 -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote: >> The fact that rms has crippling RSI should indicate that emacs' >> ergonomics is not right. > > Kind of a small sample size, don't you think?
Yes, but RMS is worth 1000 ordinary programmers!!! *wink* [...] > More likely, rms ignored the problem and had bad personal ergomonics: > ignorance or lack of understanding of the problem, poor posture, wrists > not in a neutral position, lack of breaks, etc. If you stop to think > about it, all text editors probably present similar issues for their > users. They all involve: > > * a lot of typing, > * use of modifier keys (ctrl, alt, command, etc) > * movement between the mouse and the keyboard I am not an ergonomic expert, but I understand that moving from mouse to keyboard actually helps prevent RSI, because it slows down the rate of keystrokes and uses different muscle groups. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list