From 9bdc5c337d486ea093475bce3554885489842a10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tocariimaa Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 14:22:51 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] articles/emacs.md: update --- articles/emacs.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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*