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"wasd" keybindings got my vote!

• marklgr 9y ago
  Not all keyboards have a qwerty layout.
  • hellerve 9y ago
    You can shoot pretty much any keybindings down with that argument, though. hjkl makes about as much sense on Dvorak as wasd.
    • marklgr 9y ago
      I was referring to some stock non-US keyboards, not alternative layouts like Dvorak. hjkl is lined up the same way on most keyboards I have seen.
      • hellerve 9y ago
        I actually didn’t know wasd weren’t always in the same place and hjkl were. Do you know any of these layouts at the top of your head? It might come in handy next time when I think about typing UX.
        • michielderhaeg 9y ago
          Azerty, it's used in France and Belgium and maybe some other places too.
        • marklgr 9y ago
          I'm typing on an AZERTY keyboard (used mostly in France and Belgium, and a few other countries according to Wikipedia). I'm not suggesting not to use wasd by default if people like it, just try and make it customizable for people with a non-QWERTY keyboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY
          • hellerve 9y ago
            Thanks for telling me. Github issue is filed: https://github.com/hellerve/e/issues/10 https://github.com/hellerve/e/issues/10 Will work on it when I find time.
            • marklgr 9y ago
              Nice, thank you.
              • hellerve 9y ago
                I fixed it now! You can script it through Lua. (through `set_left(<char>)` etc.)
  • jlg23 9y ago
    But people understand what is meant. I guess I'll spend another 20 years saying "hjkl" instead of "right hand in base row position", trading "being right" for "being understood". What exactly is your point?