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Good to discuss, but I'm not 100% sure about some of the points here. - The `h` problem is purely about moving your index finger, so I don't think it makes sen

Good to discuss, but I'm not 100% sure about some of the points here. - The `h` problem is purely about moving your index finger, so I don't think it makes sense to talk about the bigram being popular. The relevant number is just how many `h`s people have to type in general - Shortcuts staying the same: saying that there exists a variant of Dvorak created to do this too is a huge point in favour of Colemak. The point is so good that people modified a 70 year old layout to match it! How popular is this variant? - Saying that Colemak is bad because of Vim, then saying it's good because of CapsLock/Backspace BUT that doesn't really count because you can also do this reprogramming with Dvorak: can you not also change Vim? Maybe this is much harder

samus 6y ago
Vim is relevant because it is not always possible to customize it. Think of hardened servers or containers. Also, it's an editor of last resort on most Unix systems. It's worth discussing whether nano should take this place instead. Much more tricky are applications that have hardcoded hotkeys, or who listen to an unholy mix of keys and scancodes. Uncommon nowadays (many games are not great at this), but still sucks if it happens.
messo 6y ago
I use the default keymapping for Vim with Colemak (Norwegian) and find it a pleasant experience. The up/down movement is reversed, but I got used to it pretty quickly.