Some other helpful hints for the vim users: 1) You can use Ctrl-C instead of escape in most cases. This results in less travel distance and avoiding the wrist

Some other helpful hints for the vim users: 1) You can use Ctrl-C instead of escape in most cases. This results in less travel distance and avoiding the wrist rotation. Which leads to... 2) Bind Caps Lock to Ctrl like God intended it to be. That way you can use Ctrl-C really easily and also the page navigation commands like Ctrl-(F|B|U|D) are really easy. This one might not work if you have a caps lock key with those weird notches. 3) Bind your Leader key to Space. I have the Unite plugin do fuzzy file / buffer finding when I hit Space Space. 4) Set up your own custom key bindings to the other Ctrl keys are aren't used by anything yet. Ctrl-S and Ctrl-V to split screens horizontally and veritcally. 5) Bind Ctrl-(H|J|K|L) to move between screens.