ergoemacs-mode

A minor-mode that aims to:

  • Use/Create ergonomic keybindings in emacs that will reduce RSI
  • Use the commonly bound keys familiar to most people today. Ctrl+C for copy, Ctrl+z for undo, etc.

Quick start guide

Setup

First you need to install Emacs. Then you have 2 ways to install ergoemacs-mode.

Using elpa

If you are using emacs 24 it should be very easy to install. type:

Alt+x list-packages After, find the package ergoemacs-mode and install it with ix

Then add the following to your ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el file:

(package-initialize)
(require 'ergoemacs-mode)

Manual setup

Start by cloning the main branch git repository from Github

cd ~/.emacs.d
git clone -b master --single-branch https://github.com/ergoemacs/ergoemacs-mode.git

And add following to your ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el file:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/ergoemacs-mode")
(require 'ergoemacs-mode)

Enabling ergoemacs-mode

To enable emacs, add the following to your ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el file:

(setq ergoemacs-theme nil) ;; Uses Standard Ergoemacs keyboard theme
(setq ergoemacs-keyboard-layout "us") ;; Assumes QWERTY keyboard layout
(ergoemacs-mode 1)

For other key themes and keyboard layouts the initilization code should be different. However, for QWERTY, the key bindings are:

ergoemacs-extras/ergo-layouts/ergoemacs-layout-us.png