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Plus, for those of us who use C-b for navigation in the terminal, instead of using the arrow keys, makes it a nightmare. 100% unusable until it's rebound to som
by lgunsch 9y ago
Plus, for those of us who use C-b for navigation in the terminal, instead of using the arrow keys, makes it a nightmare. 100% unusable until it's rebound to some other key.
C-b, for me, is deeply ingrained as cursor navigation - in the terminal, Emacs, Conkeror, and even general GTK+ widgets.
Edit: I don't experience hand strain though. I have caps-lock as Ctrl, and I use the Colemak keyboard layout.
- atemerev 9y agoAlso not logical, because somebody who designed this, just chose the arbitrary shortcut as "backwards" starts with "b", and now we are stuck with it. I don't know why everybody seems to hate the arrow keys; I am a blind typer, and I definitely get more strain from emacs control sequences than from CUA and arrow keys. I would have used vim, but pressing Esc to switch between modes is akin to feeling an unwanted electrical jolt; breaks the flow in 100% of cases. And I like my flow.