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That's definitely true for vi; but only after you properly remap your ESC key to something else (usually jj or caps lock). Emacs is a differenet story... By de
by spapas82 8y ago
That's definitely true for vi; but only after you properly remap your ESC key to something else (usually jj or caps lock).
Emacs is a differenet story... By default it uses a lot of alt and ctrl key combinations and also makes heavy usage of the arrow and home/end keys. Of course, there is a vi mode for emacs (evil; this is what Spacemacs uses) to take advantage of vi keys in emacs. But I believe that most emacs users just stick to the alt/ctrl shortcuts.
- RBerenguel 8y agoI mix and match vi (evil) and normal emacs commands, choosing what's best for the case and for me. Some commands are so ingrained (C-a and C-e for navigating for instance) and convenient as they are that I just remapped them to be available in all modes
- marcosdumay 8y agoCtrl and alt only take the little fingers. I'm actually used to not typing with them, but instead reserve them for shift, ctrl and alt. All the other fingers stay at their place. After seeing the article I've thought about doing something similar, but dismissed it exactly because it would take my hands out of the keyboard.
- Symbiote 8y agoThe arrows are duplicates of control P, N, B, F and the home and end keys control A and E. Control is more common than Alt, and with the usual swap with caps lock (as on old keyboards) it is still on the home row for the left hand.