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vim bindings are even more QWERTY-centric, no? That's why I skipped it after a brief look, many years ago: having to memorize a lot of unfamiliar key commands w
by marssaxman 2y ago
vim bindings are even more QWERTY-centric, no? That's why I skipped it after a brief look, many years ago: having to memorize a lot of unfamiliar key commands was bad enough, but coming at it as a lifelong Dvorak user, the keys also seemed to be scattered incoherently all over the keyboard.
- opan 2y agoNo, just hjkl, which are not used that much when you have better options like e, w, b, }, etc. A lot of people make a big deal about hjkl in other layouts, but speaking from experience going from qwerty to dvorak to workman, it's not a big deal, and I don't rebind it. They're just letters ho be pressed, same as when you type them for spelling words, which you're already working hard to relearn when changing layouts. I think it's very doable. Also, for dvorak in particular, it reminds me of those RC car controllers that split up the horizontal and vertical movement between your hands. It's the same with dvorak. H is left of L, both right hand, that's your left/right. J and K are right beside each other (and in same left to right order as qwerty), there's your down and up. Workman is a lot more nonsensical by comparison with all but h on right hand and j above k, but it doesn't bother me.