I used to have serious CTS issues from using a mouse. Clenching a mouse
and fine motor movement became physiologically incompatible actions for me.
My simple low cost solution is to have a USB connected Logitech trackball
under my right hand (I'm right handed) and a common wheel USB mouse with
> often switching files, Sam's menus are practically worse than Acme
> The weakest point in sam -d is still switching files, you have to type
> whole filenames
X/pathregex/b
sam will dump a warning about an expected blank, but it'll otherwise
do what you hope for (switch to the open file
9front's sam has additional "^" and "_" commands which make output of
specified commands go into the command window. Loading a rc file with
a bunch of "fn ... {" simplifies things quite a lot in general, see
http://runjimmyrunrunyoufuckerrun.com/rc/s as an example.
I used to enjoy Acme, but had to give it up when I no longer had an ergonomic
desk. Using the mouse hurt too much. In the way I work, often switching files,
Sam's menus are practically worse than Acme. I tried sam -d (command-line only)
and ed, but... well, I get in a muddle with regexps. Most
If you are looking for a more keyboard driven window management
version of rio, sigrid has made some experiments with this here:
- https://git.sr.ht/~ft/riow
It gives you virtual desktops to move windows around in, by
pressing keys, like i3. It features:
• virtual desktops
• switch between
i don't think you're missing anything obvious in terms of acme, it's
clearly not made for you.
your options are either to modify acme itself and insert keyboard
shortcuts, or to ignore acme and try to make as many little scripts as
possible, executed from rio terminals.
i often feel like i can
