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I wouldn't say alternation is always better -- in many cases, having successive keys close together is just as good if not better - "There" the first three lett
by Alterlife 13y ago
I wouldn't say alternation is always better -- in many cases, having successive keys close together is just as good if not better - "There" the first three letters "The" are typed with alternate hands, then the next three - "ere" are also easy to type fast because they're to each other.
I haven't used a dvorak keyboard, but the next to each other keys are really a part of my flow. I really don't know how "<esc>:wq", "<ctrl>a" and so on which are part of programming work would translate to dvorak.
- jcoder 13y agoI think you have a good point in that working in "command mode", or "chording", or whatever you want to call it, is different than writing prose. FWIW, I am a Vim user and I think it works great in Dvorak (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4323873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4323873). `<ctrl>a` is the same as qwerty, `:wq` is typed on both hands, but as I say in that link, I prefer split hands for `hjkl`, and `wq` is pretty easy too. To your point I would accept that in command mode, key position, mnemonics, etc. may be more important. In insert mode however I think it is, at the very least, a sound hypothesis that more alternation creates more comfort.