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When I first started using vi in the late 80s it was on the (old even then) ADM-3A terminals in my dorm's basement computer lab. I still miss that layout, whic

When I first started using vi in the late 80s it was on the (old even then) ADM-3A terminals in my dorm's basement computer lab. I still miss that layout, which had Control where Caps Lock usually is now and Esc just above it (where Tab is now usually found). Sadly I've found that trying to use custom mappings is just too crippling when I have to use some other computer than my primary one. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/KB_Terminal_ADM3A.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/KB_Termi...

JoshMnem 9y ago
Nice keyboard layout. I didn't start using vim until around 2005 or 2006. My computer use is so dependent on muscle memory that I can't comfortably use anyone else's computer, even without the moved keys. Every time I get a new computer, there is a long adjustment period too. I find the trade-off worthwhile though, since I'm rarely far from my laptop and rarely type more than a few sentences on other computers.
atsaloli 9y ago
I use Happy Hacking Keyboard, which is close to the layout you describe: https://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/doc/hhkbp2_basic_layout1500.png https://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/doc/hhkbp2_basic_layout1...
WorldMaker 9y ago
For a while, I used vim bindings that used Tab for Esc and encouraged you to use tab motions (> and <), and auto-tabs instead, with the slight accommodation of binding Shift+Tab to (positive) Tab. It was a fascinating set of key bindings, but a problem with it was that it wasn't very portable, and I hit too many problems with Vim modes in other editors not supporting rebinding Tab or causing too many accidental side-effects. (I try to keep CapsLock bound to Backspace so there is a Backspace on each hand. It's a good use of the key. Though maybe real Backspace might make a good, Esc in a Vim binding, hmm, I'm going to think about that now.)

JoshMnem 9y ago

Nice keyboard layout. I didn't start using vim until around 2005 or 2006. My computer use is so dependent on muscle memory that I can't comfortably use anyone else's computer, even without the moved keys. Every time I get a new computer, there is a long adjustment period too. I find the trade-off worthwhile though, since I'm rarely far from my laptop and rarely type more than a few sentences on other computers.

atsaloli 9y ago

I use Happy Hacking Keyboard, which is close to the layout you describe: https://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/doc/hhkbp2_basic_layout1500.png https://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/doc/hhkbp2_basic_layout1...

WorldMaker 9y ago

For a while, I used vim bindings that used Tab for Esc and encouraged you to use tab motions (> and <), and auto-tabs instead, with the slight accommodation of binding Shift+Tab to (positive) Tab. It was a fascinating set of key bindings, but a problem with it was that it wasn't very portable, and I hit too many problems with Vim modes in other editors not supporting rebinding Tab or causing too many accidental side-effects. (I try to keep CapsLock bound to Backspace so there is a Backspace on each hand. It's a good use of the key. Though maybe real Backspace might make a good, Esc in a Vim binding, hmm, I'm going to think about that now.)