Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by screye on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:23PM (#27979716)

> what are you coding where you don't benefit from home and end?

The kind where my typing speed does not affect my output. Also, the type who doesn't use command line text editors.

I work in ML and mostly use python. Very rarely do I need to be efficient in how I navigate my documents/code, because it is rarely the bottle neck.

Lastly, all my laptops have both end/home positioned awkwardly, so I never found it quite ergonomic enough for my purposes.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by BrandoElFollito on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:17PM (#27986313)

This is also my case. I spend all my day on a computer (and then the evening for fun) but a lot is thinking.

I always wanted to learn to touch type but never needed it so much that it would be worth to dedicate time for learning.

I do code a lot but I am a poor dev so I spend time thinking how to do things out looking at the docs (despite coding for 30 years).

It was even more obvious when doing my thesis (physics). 70% time thinking about code, 30 actually typing

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by magicalhippo on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:51PM (#27980086)

I guess I picked it up in the back command line era, though code editors haven't changed that much since Turbo Pascal. I use them just as much when writing Python as anything else.

But yeah, laptop, I guess that explains it. I don't use home/end any where close to as much when on a laptop. Fortunately I seldom need to use them.

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