I tried and failed to make myself use `hjkl` instead of the arrow keys. It was a perpetual hindrance to my brain that up (`k`) and down (`j`) did not spatially

I tried and failed to make myself use `hjkl` instead of the arrow keys. It was a perpetual hindrance to my brain that up (`k`) and down (`j`) did not spatially reinforce their functions. What ultimately worked was to map the triangle `ijkl` like you normally see `wasd` in games. i jkl i -- up k -- down j -- left l -- right I then added two more keys beyond left and right to skip forward and back by words. i hjkl; h -- skip backward to the beginning of a word (ordinarily `b`) ; -- skip forward to the end of a word (ordinarily `e`) There were some echo effects since I had to replace `i`, but they were manageable. On machines where I don't have my vimrc available I'm still functional, just clumsy. It was definitely worth it. My vimrc: https://github.com/rectang/dotfiles/blob/master/vimextra https://github.com/rectang/dotfiles/blob/master/vimextra