4 ms·

I've been leaning towards Colemak mod DH with the Moonlander. I'll be new to touch typing and ortholinear + split, so why not add Colemak to the mix? My concer

I've been leaning towards Colemak mod DH with the Moonlander. I'll be new to touch typing and ortholinear + split, so why not add Colemak to the mix? My concern is vim bindings, which is another thing on my to-list. The vim bindings designed with Qwerty in mind, and I'm unsure how Colemak messes with that.

aayjaychan 6y ago
It works pretty well for the most part, since vim verbs and nouns are kind of like acronyms. 'w' goes to next Word. 'b' goes Back a word, 'i' enables Insert mode, 'd' Deletes something. So as long as you know where the keys are, it's fine. What doesn't work is the default hjkl navigation. On Colemak these keys are on a rotated L shape around the right index finger, where j (down) is above k (up)... I remapped them based on their position. h: up, k: down, j: left, l: right. Still not as convenient as hjkl on qwerty, but at least it make sense. When I'm on Ergodox, I map arrow keys to the bottom row like those on Kinesis Advantage. Since they are close enough I use them instead of hjkl.