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(girlfriend arc) @green@talk.marq42.xyz

2y

i remember seeing someone here talk about some sort of "emo-mode" (definitely not actually emo), that's good for new users

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Amber

@puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social

2y

@green evil mode? that’s my first introduction into emacs.

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greeeeen

(girlfriend arc) @green@talk.marq42.xyz

2y

@puppygirlhornypost2 but like, turning emacs into vim feels very backwards to me. isn't one of the cool things about emacs, that it is the editor all modern ones are descended from, with all those ctrl+c ctrl+v ctrl+a sort of shortcuts? except that emacs uses different binds by default

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mir @mir@talk.marq42.xyz

2y

@green @puppygirlhornypost2 emacs shortcuts were designed for the "space cadet" keyboard, look it up. way more modifier keys than we have. vi was designed for only esc being available. so something like nvim or emacs+evil which use mostly Esc plus a bit of control and alt make the most sense on our modern keyboards

yk what's backwards? using keybinds that are known to cause carpal tunnel, that were chosen haphazardly 40 years ago and only exist so there's something to default to

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greeeeen

(girlfriend arc) @green@talk.marq42.xyz

2y

slightly grumpy

@mir @puppygirlhornypost2 do emacs keybinds not cause carpal tunnel, or are they just not known to

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Amber

@puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social

2y

slightly grumpy

@green @mir uh? im not sure. I know of one symptom of emacs usage (no this is not a shitpost) and that's "emacs pinky" because of the ctrl key being a common modifier, people over extend their pinky to reach the ctrl key and can strain their pinky after some time if they're hitting keybinds hard

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Amber

@puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social

2y

@green @mir i avoid emacs pinky by bending my pinky under. i don't use emacs but ctrl is a common enough modifier key that i learned to do it this way to avoid that strain