Definition of Emacs pinky

Emacs pinky

• pinky pain associated with use of the Emacs text editing program and frequent pressing of the "Control" key with the pinky.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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