Write Something

Finally I could write something again. I am writing this in markdown, my editor is vscode and my keyboard is nuphy 75 old edition.

I have been using the nuphy 75 old edition for a while. Then I have facinated by 60 keyboard. I have tired the nuphy 60 old edition. My only complain is that both the ` and the ~ characters are supported by the escape key. It is a bit annoying when typing ~ for home directories. So I go for the 75 keyboard.

Then I found the hhkb. The ` and the ~ characters are now seperated from the escape key. It is quite interesting, so I decided to give it a go.

It works great with emacs and neovim. But writing in markdown, or any other non-programming stuff with a modal editor is not my cup of tea. Then I learnt emacs org mode. Many people are writing seriously in org mode.

Writing in org mode with emacs, it is an overkill. I don’t need those sophisticated hide/unhide feature, moving items around etc. Most default keystrokes are <esc>-this <esc>-that, double tap which impose a lot of overheads. When I switched back to neovim, I have forgotten some of the keystrokes which used to be muscle memories.

I have been thinking about it for a while.

For non-programming, I enjoy markdown most. So I need:

• markdown syntax highlighting
• preview
• and most important, a linter
• spell checker

vscode fulfills all my needs. I used to write with ByWord. But it cannot simultaneously display markdown text and preview.

The writing experiences is not that bad so probably I will keep to this workflow for a while.