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Reminded me how much I hate vim and how it is biased towards right-handers.

by adamc 12y ago

KhalPanda 12y ago
Really? I'm right-handed, but don't have any trouble making any kind of key combinations at any speed with my left hand. Aren't most people (in tech, at least) ambidextrous when it comes to typing?
- verroq 12y ago
  Check your privilege.
  - thesteamboat 12y ago
    This is unhelpful because it's unclear what your intent is, other than a general rebuke. More helpful would be something like "This is not correct. Anecdotally I've found ..." or "It is unfair to expect that everyone can ..."
    - verroq 12y ago
      /sarcasm
- adamc 12y ago
  I type pretty well, but my left hand is definitely faster than my right. I find emacs a whole lot friendlier.
- deleted 12y ago
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savanaly 12y ago
Wot? The whole point of vim is that it is 100% customizable and non opinionated about what keys do what. The default mapping are what they are...but they really expect you to remap most of them even if you are a right hander.
- adamc 12y ago
  That seems crazy to me. A huge fraction of the value of something like vim (vi-clones specifically) is that I can find it on any machine and use it as-is... that isn't going to be true if I expect different keymappings. Even in emacs, I try to use the default mappings for standard things and just supplement them with added features.
  - roblabla 12y ago
    TBH, I'll almost never use vim without my configuration files. The only times i might do this is if I need to do a very quick edit to a config file, in which case typing at 50% efficiency isn't going to hurt that much.
- base698 12y ago
  That is not the whole point of VIM, this is more in line of what you could call a point: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim#answer-1220118 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most...
GrinningFool 12y ago
Lefty here, I never really felt that way. When it comes to typing, I feel like I'm not either-handed - both hands get a full workout, pretty much whatever I'm doing.

Reminded me how much I hate vim and how it is biased towards right-handers.

by adamc 12y ago

Reminded me how much I hate vim and how it is biased towards right-handers.

Really? I'm right-handed, but don't have any trouble making any kind of key combinations at any speed with my left hand. Aren't most people (in tech, at least) ambidextrous when it comes to typing?

verroq 12y ago
Check your privilege.
- thesteamboat 12y ago
  This is unhelpful because it's unclear what your intent is, other than a general rebuke. More helpful would be something like "This is not correct. Anecdotally I've found ..." or "It is unfair to expect that everyone can ..."
  - verroq 12y ago
    /sarcasm
adamc 12y ago
I type pretty well, but my left hand is definitely faster than my right. I find emacs a whole lot friendlier.
deleted 12y ago
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savanaly 12y ago

Wot? The whole point of vim is that it is 100% customizable and non opinionated about what keys do what. The default mapping are what they are...but they really expect you to remap most of them even if you are a right hander.

adamc 12y ago
That seems crazy to me. A huge fraction of the value of something like vim (vi-clones specifically) is that I can find it on any machine and use it as-is... that isn't going to be true if I expect different keymappings. Even in emacs, I try to use the default mappings for standard things and just supplement them with added features.
- roblabla 12y ago
  TBH, I'll almost never use vim without my configuration files. The only times i might do this is if I need to do a very quick edit to a config file, in which case typing at 50% efficiency isn't going to hurt that much.
base698 12y ago
That is not the whole point of VIM, this is more in line of what you could call a point: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim#answer-1220118 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most...

GrinningFool 12y ago

Lefty here, I never really felt that way. When it comes to typing, I feel like I'm not either-handed - both hands get a full workout, pretty much whatever I'm doing.