[Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-11-04 Thread Bill Powell
+++ Adam Spiers [04/11/09 11:22 +]: On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 01:22:13PM -0500, Keith Lancaster wrote: Emacs can definitely lead to RSI - Richard Stallman, the creator, developed it. I am quite prone to RSI, which led me to VIM due to its modal operation (very few modifier key

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:27 -0600, Dave Täht wrote: What I'd like is numlock to do the right thing, which to me, when on, is to not only turn on the numeric keypad, but shift the !...@#$%^*() characters so they don't need to be shifted to reach. And I don't know how to do that in xmodmap.

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-14 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:42:44 -0600, Dave Täht wrote: I keep meaning, one of these days, to figure out how to invert the upper row of the keyboard by default. I find it much easier to type numbers on the keypad, anyway, and hitting shift to get to !...@#$%^*() seems redundant. Interesting

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-14 Thread Dave Täht
Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk, Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk writes: At Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:42:44 -0600, Dave Täht wrote: I keep meaning, one of these days, to figure out how to invert the upper row of the keyboard by default. I find it much easier to type numbers on the keypad, anyway,

[Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-13 Thread Michael Brand
First of all I am interested in improving the use of the modifier keys. To see what my preferences for moving them are read my (cisum) post here http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?pid=2552#p2552 and follow both links there. - Michael Samuel Wales wrote: Orgers, Repetitive strain injury

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-13 Thread Dave Täht
Michael Brand michael.br...@alumni.ethz.ch writes: First of all I am interested in improving the use of the modifier keys. To see what my preferences for moving them are read my (cisum) post here http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?pid=2552#p2552 and follow both links there. I am quite

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-11 Thread Matthew Lundin
Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk, Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk writes: At Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:50:08 -0400, Matt Lundin wrote: key. Thus, short of using viper, the only solution that works for me is to use the Caps Lock key as Control. With that slight modification, I find emacs controls

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-11 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:34:27 -0400, Matthew Lundin wrote: Well, I'm sorry to say that org-mode was the reason I abandoned viper. It's probably a limitation of mine, but I found it too confusing to go back and forth between all the C-c keys and viper's modal commands. I Thanks Matt. I kind of

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-08 Thread B Smith-Mannschott
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 07:50, PTspamfilteracco...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel Martins danielemc at gmail.com writes: 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

Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-07 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:50:08 -0400, Matt Lundin wrote: key. Thus, short of using viper, the only solution that works for me is to use the Caps Lock key as Control. With that slight modification, I find emacs controls *very* comfortable (perhaps even as comfortable than Yes, making caps lock

[Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-07 Thread PT
Daniel Martins danielemc at gmail.com writes: 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

[Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-01 Thread Samuel Wales
Clarification. On 2009-09-01, Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com wrote: Ideally, the most important c-c and c-x operations would be on the lhs. That way, you can hold down ctrl and press the two keys. I mean c-c c-letter not c-c letter here. -- Myalgic encephalomyelitis causes death (Jason

[Orgmode] Re: RSI

2009-09-01 Thread PT
Samuel Wales samologist at gmail.com writes: One thing that you can do is to ensure that you have a keyboard that has modifier keys on both sides. You should pound a new habit into your cerebellum: use two hands. ... Many (maybe even most) will find this idea strange. But I urge all