diff --git a/articles/emacs.md b/articles/emacs.md index 7f385e0..6c2fdf9 100644 --- a/articles/emacs.md +++ b/articles/emacs.md @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ If you used the "Emacs" way to exit, your tendons may hurt now, so do some stret vi does [one thing and does it well](unix_philosophy.md); edit text. But Emacs does everything, in the worst possible way. +## How Emacs keys became so RSI inducing +Turns out in the beginning it wasn't that bad. Originally, Emacs was developed on the so called "Space Cadet" +keyboard where the Control key was now where the Alt key is on a IBM PC keyboard. Similar to how vi was developed +in a different keyboard (where the Escape key was on a more convenient position). + ## What does Emacs stand for - *Escape Meta Alt Control Shift* - *Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping*