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What about layouts - has anyone tried to work with alternatives to the typical QWERTY-based?
by stephth 15y ago
What about layouts - has anyone tried to work with alternatives to the typical QWERTY-based?
- jarin 15y agoA really good programmer who used to work for me swears by Dvorak layout. Which is even stranger because he's a vim user.
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- psycovic23 15y agoI've been on Dvorak for 6 years now, and would call myself a vim power user. Never had an issue, but that might be because I can switch between qwerty and dvorak with ease (I use both at work every day). I definitely like Dvorak a lot more. On the qwerty keyboard, I notice how much more finger stretching I have to do. Whether that actually makes a difference in typing speed or ergonomics, I have no idea. I switched one day out of pure boredom.
- stephth 15y agoWhy is that strange?
- jarin 15y agoWell I mean see if navigating via hjkl makes much sense on a Dvorak layout.
- stephth 15y agoRight. That has got to be configurable though... And I thought I read you could use the arrow keys too anyway.
- jarin 15y agoIt's configurable, but then you have to map the keys you just replaced, and so on. He uses it with the default keymappings. Arrow keys are kind of discouraged in vim, because a lot of the combo moves (e.g. 10j, y5l, etc.) use hjkl.