Speaking of using things I'd previously sworn off, I'm giving Obsidian another go. I dislike using Obsidian, but it does everything I might need. As long as I steer clear of the rabbit hole of trying every plugin and workflow I see, I might be able to make it work while I wean myself from Emacs.#
The underlying outliner/editor in Drummer could use some tweaks. For example, I can't click and drag to select text. I have to shift-click instead. That seems like table stakes and is likely a bug, but I'm not sure where to ask about it, and I'm afraid I might be scolded if I did. Perhaps I'll try anyway because it makes editing less pleasant when otherwise it's quite nice.#
One thing that lessens my fear of being stranded with Drummer is that it's all just (OPML) outlines. If I want to move, I'm sure I could export data from here and open it in, say, Tinderbox, which handles OPML natively. It would require moving things around and editing, but I'd have a nice head start.#Read this in a blog comment today: "This will only result in bachslash,...". I need to make "bachslash" a thing 😆#
The enshittification of Dropbox continues apace. I'm happily using Maestral instead. It's been fine. Still, I miss the good old days of Dropbox being a simple folder that synced.#
- My favorite keyboard for years has been the HHKB. I love it. The Topre switches feel perfect. The small size is great. The layout is, well, something that requires some getting used to, but once you do, it's fantastic.#
- The problem I have with the HHKB is that there is no row of function keys so lots of key bindings are behind a "function" layer, meaning I need to hold the Function key in order to access things like, oh, direction keys. This means I hold down the Function key a lot.#
- After hours of typing, my right pinky starts to hurt, so I need to swap out to a different keyboard for a while. Sometimes I just use an Apple Wireless, but when I want to actually enjoy typing, I bring in the Realforce R2. The R2 uses Topre switches, so it feels good, but it's quite large. It also uses different weights for different keys. I think this is meant to reduce fatigue by making it easier to press keys with weaker fingers. However, I find that just resting my pinky on the ";" key sometimes triggers a keypress.#
- Anyway, I'll use the R2 for a while until my pinky recovers and then I'll probably go back to using the HHKB.#
Speaking of using things I'd previously sworn off, I'm giving Obsidian another go. I dislike using Obsidian, but it does everything I might need. As long as I steer clear of the rabbit hole of trying every plugin and workflow I see, I might be able to make it work while I wean myself from Emacs.#
The underlying outliner/editor in Drummer could use some tweaks. For example, I can't click and drag to select text. I have to shift-click instead. That seems like table stakes and is likely a bug, but I'm not sure where to ask about it, and I'm afraid I might be scolded if I did. Perhaps I'll try anyway because it makes editing less pleasant when otherwise it's quite nice.#
One thing that lessens my fear of being stranded with Drummer is that it's all just (OPML) outlines. If I want to move, I'm sure I could export data from here and open it in, say, Tinderbox, which handles OPML natively. It would require moving things around and editing, but I'd have a nice head start.#Read this in a blog comment today: "This will only result in bachslash,...". I need to make "bachslash" a thing 😆#
The enshittification of Dropbox continues apace. I'm happily using Maestral instead. It's been fine. Still, I miss the good old days of Dropbox being a simple folder that synced.#
- My favorite keyboard for years has been the HHKB. I love it. The Topre switches feel perfect. The small size is great. The layout is, well, something that requires some getting used to, but once you do, it's fantastic.#
- The problem I have with the HHKB is that there is no row of function keys so lots of key bindings are behind a "function" layer, meaning I need to hold the Function key in order to access things like, oh, direction keys. This means I hold down the Function key a lot.#
- After hours of typing, my right pinky starts to hurt, so I need to swap out to a different keyboard for a while. Sometimes I just use an Apple Wireless, but when I want to actually enjoy typing, I bring in the Realforce R2. The R2 uses Topre switches, so it feels good, but it's quite large. It also uses different weights for different keys. I think this is meant to reduce fatigue by making it easier to press keys with weaker fingers. However, I find that just resting my pinky on the ";" key sometimes triggers a keypress.#
- Anyway, I'll use the R2 for a while until my pinky recovers and then I'll probably go back to using the HHKB.#