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Is it wrong that I use the arrow keys in Vim?

• drhowarddrfine 18y ago
  Only if by accident.
• ken 18y ago
  One of my coworkers uses only C-[pnbf] for cursor movement in Emacs, and so has mapped the arrow keys to scrolling the viewport. So: "maybe, if you would have used them for something better".
• deleted 18y ago
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• silentbicycle 18y ago
  Nah. The navigation keys on the home row are a throwback to when terminals were less likely to handle control keys correctly. If that's not a problem you have, then don't worry about it. You'll probably benefit from getting the commands to move by paragraphs, functions, pairs of () {} <>,
• throw_away 18y ago
  my philosophy is that arrow keys are only bad if you're using them while in insert mode. I find that this was added to appeal to novices, but in the long run, really interferes with learning to use the editor to its fullest.