@clew My wife and I each have Corsair STRAFE mechanical keyboards. I'm tempted to buy another to use at my day job, and use the included keycap puller to physically remap the keys for Dvorak layout.
@starbreaker joe is especially useful for people who were used to the Wordstar editor conventions that were very popular in the 80s and early 90s.
It may still be intuitive for many people.
@starbreaker There are lots of ways to get around emacs key-chording woes. My favorite way is to use a keyboard that uses your thumbs for Ctrl etc., like Kinesis. That cured my left wrist.
@wrenpile Not willing to buy a keyboard when changing editors fixes the issue. Besides, Catherine prefers joe. Says it reminds her of DOS.
@starbreaker I know this probably sounds smug, but when you work at a computer all day long, being able to use a high-quality mechanical keyboard with an ergonomic layout is liberating in ways people who just accept the keyboard that came with their computer most likely can’t imagine.
In any case, there are software solutions that let you use full emacs without chording, as you can see in that ergoemacs page I referenced.
@wrenpile We already have mechanical keyboards. The layout isn't exactly ergonomic, but my wife's problem wasn't just physical pain. Thanks for trying to help, though.
@starbreaker But that is just one way to address the problem. For others, this is a good place to start: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_pinky.html
@starbreaker I’ve been using a Kinesis keyboard for years and years. I find it generally comfortable but it’s especially nice for emacs. Repairable.
Or maybe I should look at joe.