title: Best keyboards for emacs?
body: <p>For emacs users out there, what are your recommended keyboards?</p>
  <p>Bonus points for keyboards that:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>Have no <kbd>capslock</kbd> key. Instead, a <kbd>control</kbd> key in that position.</li>
  <li><kbd>Alt</kbd> keys that are closer to the centre, and easier to use with <kbd>meta</kbd> key combos. I find <kbd>alt</kbd> keys too far to the left to be a bit awkward to hit with my thumb in some key combos.</li>
  <li>Help ergonomically with emacs in other ways.</li>
  </ol>
  <p>I'm not a huge fan of model M style high and clacky keys. I instead prefer laptop style flat keys; however, I'm not disqualifying either category.</p>
  <p>A couple of interesting keyboards I'm curious if people have tried with emacs - <a href="https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/advantage2-keyboard/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kinesis</a></p>
  <p>Semi-conclusion:<br />
  I ended up getting an MS natural 4k, which I like a lot overall as the <kbd>alt</kbd> keys on both sides are easy to hit with your thumbs. This is useful for <a href="http://xahlee.info/emacs/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ergoemacs-mode</a>.</p>
  <p>However, one flaw I see with this keyboard is that the <kbd>number</kbd> keys are shifted to the left, so that <kbd>6</kbd> is on the wrong side of the keyboard. Aside from that <kbd>0</kbd> is left shifted enough that I accidentally hit <kbd>-</kbd> when I meant to hit <kbd>0</kbd> with my pinky.</p>
  <p>Due to this flaw, I'm leaving this question open in case someone can come up with the perfect emacs keyboard.</p>