ergoemacs-mode has support for defining the bindings independently of whether you're using Colemak, Dvorak or QWERTY. That's a pretty good idea since the bindin

ergoemacs-mode has support for defining the bindings independently of whether you're using Colemak, Dvorak or QWERTY. That's a pretty good idea since the bindings are not really about any specific layout but should be picked based on travel distance etc. While I've found the mode very useful in developing my own setup I've moved on from it because it seems to make too many things randomly stop working for me. I like just picking my own bindings. For me one good goal is to try to get as much as you can of the editing setup system-wide instead of a specific set of keybinds in just that one editor. With a non-modal one this is easier as there are standards like CUA and some other well-established shortcuts that tend to be present in many programs. The default placements just aren't all that great so a tool that can map keybindings to any kind of input can help you make use of them. I use xmonad to do it.