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Setting a single key as my leader 10 years ago has been really nice. Personally it is back tick for me, but space is probably a good one too.
by triyambakam 1y ago
Setting a single key as my leader 10 years ago has been really nice. Personally it is back tick for me, but space is probably a good one too.
- EPendragon 1y agoFor me, I use Spacebar as a leader key in Neovim, so I think they would conflict. Does it ever create issues for you if you need to type the backtick in the terminal? I found that Ctrl-A does a great job: it is conveniently located in relation to other keys that I need to interact with after I activate the prefix, and is in general easy to use.
- xiaomai 1y agoI also use backtick for my tmux leader key. It doesn't create issues for me in the terminal (but you need to tap it twice when you want a literal backtick). This became natural for me pretty quickly.
- EPendragon 1y agoGood to know. Thanks for the tip!
- homebrewer 1y agoCtrl+A conflicts with readline's "go to the start of line" (unless you're using vim key bindings in your shell, which I find uncomfortable). I've been using Ctrl+Q, it replaces an almost completely useless key combo (flow control if I'm not mistaken), and is easy to press.
- dur-randir 1y agoJust use double Ctrl+A to pass it down: bind C-a send-prefix
- aaronbaugher 1y agoI use F2. Doesn't sound convenient, but it's just the right distance that when I reach out my middle finger hits it accurately.
- hnlmorg 1y agoI use F2 too. I can’t even remember why I started using it. I think maybe because KDE already had a similar binding so it because my de facto control pallet binding back before control pallets were a thing.
- resonator 1y agoI use F4 and have a dedicated button for it nestled amongst my other modifier buttons.