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I try to avoid the terminal as much as I humanly can because of ergonomic issues like this.
y... you do realise this is a meme, right? If you want to find a specific command that you ran in the past, you can just hit ctrl-r and search for it? No-one is actually spamming the up key, it's a joke.
Huh, I never actually knew you could do that. But anyway, I disagree that people aren't spamming the up key. At least in my experience, basically everyone I've ever seen use the terminal has always just spammed the up key to get the command they want. Many people don't get around to using the shortcuts like the one you mentioned because they're not really discoverable or obvious, so everything tends to become super painful and slow.
Besides, my overall point was that there are all sorts of annoyances like the one mentioned in the post that keep me away from the terminal. Stuff like not being able to click anywhere within a long command to immediately move your cursor to it (yes I know you can just use Ctrl+Left Arrow to move back really quickly, but it's just slow) or how Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V don't actually work the way you expect them to.
What keyboard do u have btw? I recently built myself an ex-dactyl, and I absolutely loved it. The split layout actually lets my wrists be completely straight and relaxed, and the outward angle is preventing the wrist bones from crossing too much. It broke down a while ago tho, and I haven't had the motivation to fix it tho, so back to bog-standard ANSI layout for now (¬_¬)
Sorry, I just looked at your image again and see it’s the same setup lol. You’ll love this keyboard (no I don’t work for them).
Oh damn u got the kinesis advantage!! I don't own one personally, but I had a chance to type on one at a keyboard store. Absolutely loved it. It felt pretty much the same as my ex-dactyl, apart from a different layout around the thumb clusters. It also took me a while to get used to the weird layout (especially considering that I never learned to touch type lol. On a standard keyboard, I pretty much just peck-type very fast), but once I got up to speed, it felt wonderful. I think I would prefer my ex-dactyl to the Advantage tho, simply because it is two separate pieces. Not that it offers a huge ergonomic boost or anything, I just like having the extra desk space in the middle to put my coffee on (/¯–‿･)/¯ .
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If you like the kinesis, but want separate pieces check out the Ergodox EZ https://ergodox-ez.com/. It's another ortholinear keyboard, but I couldn't get used to the tenting.
I use a https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/advantage2-keyboard/. It took about 2 weeks to get the hang of it, but I'll never use another one!
I spend every day in a terminal, vim is my go to text editor lol. I can’t even imagine.
Also, I have RSI and I invested in a good keyboard. It literally saved my wrists. Just saying, if you need it to pay the bills, invest in a good keyboard.