Re: need advice on hjkl and rsi

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 09:12:55AM +0800, bill lam wrote:
> My right hand (fingers,palm,wrist,elbow,shoulder) was previously
> suffered from RSI because of using mouse. Now I never use mouse
> except in firefox (iceweasel) and x selection. Recently I need to do
> heavy editing and data entry, apparently navigation using hjkl started
> to injure my right hand again. I am thinking of swap keyboard layout to
> its mirror image using xmodmap. Does anyone have other suggestions to
> navigate with left hand?

A decent mouse will help a bit. I use a Logitech Trackman, and it helps
a lot.

You might also want to consider getting a good keyboard, like the ones
at http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards.htm

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Javier Rojas

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