Re:Getting Started in Common Lisp
by obezyian on Thursday March 12, 2026 @12:02AM
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It is bad ergonomics only on modern keyboards. Back in the day, keyboard layouts had "lower case parentheses"[1].
Same case for vi - the : key was in a different place, and no shift necessary[2].
Nowadays, I use a bespoke layout which solves the above two problems, among others.
My number row is inverted, so parentheses become lower case, and I put the colon key next to 0 and Enter next to P.
Same case for vi - the : key was in a different place, and no shift necessary[2].
Nowadays, I use a bespoke layout which solves the above two problems, among others. My number row is inverted, so parentheses become lower case, and I put the colon key next to 0 and Enter next to P.
[1]: http://xahlee.info/kbd/lisp_keyboards.html
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A#Hardware