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The point of HJKL is that it requires less difficult movement of your fingers than WASD / IJKL. It's a marginal improvement, perhaps, but ... optimizing for ex
by __d 2y ago
The point of HJKL is that it requires less difficult movement of your fingers than WASD / IJKL. It's a marginal improvement, perhaps, but ... optimizing for expert usage is kinda the vi way.
So much of our computer interface is dictated by the assumption that users are untrained (and, indeed, unable to learn). It's a constant productivity drain on expert users.
- AmalgatedAmoeba 2y agoI don’t think the specifics of the placement matter all that much. I’m a happy nvim user with a dvorak layout. Only ‘h’ is on the home row, but it’s not a problem. The issue with normal arrow keys is that you have to lift your whole hand to reach them, which is way less precise and much slower than just moving a finger.