> How so? I find the default helix shorcuts to be generally quite close to "ascii text input" - that is: ctrl, shift, alt, a-z and regular punctation? Try it w

> How so? I find the default helix shorcuts to be generally quite close to "ascii text input" - that is: ctrl, shift, alt, a-z and regular punctation? Try it with a non-Latin script language. It's borderline unusable. Nothing works in Normal mode. You have to manually switch back to English any time you switch to Normal mode and back to the other language in Insert/Replace mode, or when typing parameters to things like :s. No other editor requires you to switch language back and forth just to use the editor's commands.