David St-Hilaire sthilaid@iro.umontreal.ca writes:
I believe I've recently fallen victim to the infamous 'Emacs pinky' sickness (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs#Emacs_Pinky)... :(
I made several changes to my working environment in hope to remedy the situation, such as swaping ctl and alt. I also am trying to learn to press control keys with one hand and the other combo key with the other thus using both controls and alt keys. I'll go check today if I can find an ergonomic keyboard too.
Does anyone have some other ideas/tips for improving the situation? Using vi is my last resort option as I am really familiar with emacs and love it alot...
I actually broke my left pinky once snowboarding, and afterwards really wished I had broken a leg instead. It was the least productive few weeks of programming I've ever had.
viper-mode helps, as does using both controls and sometimes just hunting and pecking with both index fingers, but I never found a really satisfying solution.