I just realized that, if your main coding PC has a document scanner and OCR software, like a cheap flatbed and Tesseract for example, then you could, at least in theory, use a manual #typewriter in your favorite hideaway as the ultimate distraction-free code authoring tool.
If your typewriter doesn't have a delete key, then take along a typewriter eraser and a writing correction tape.
And if your typewriter has the keys your coding language uses. Oops. Using my '54 Royal QDL for math expressions and HTML just got more challenging.
if your OCR software was really good, there is this thing called pencil and paper for the ultimate distraction free code experience
:)
@arielmt you'll have to resort to digraphs; maybe ¢( for < and ¢) for > or smth?
@atax1a Or trigraphs if I need to get really creative, I suppose. That sounds doable and, importantly, much lower effort than the zero/oscar and one/lima substitutions the typeface and keyboard force on me.
@arielmt we're surprised you didn't try and track down a Dvorak typewriter
@atax1a Sadly, I _did_ try. The only one I ever found for sale was a one-hand variant. It was reasonably priced, but I had to pass because I only touch type the standard and classic variants. :<
If you use a #typewriter eraser to correct a typo, remember to slide the carriage to the extreme end first, using the margin release lever if you need to, so that eraser bits don't fall in and gum up the works.