gary_p wrote: > So: the first thing I notice about vim is that my right hand > is not in home position in control mode. I have to move my > hand over one key to get to hjkl. So now when I try to hit > "i", my middle finger instinctively shoots up, and I hit "u" > instead. Wha... it seems like such a goof-ball thing to > have to do: move your hand back and forth by *one key*.
I have been touch typing for many years and it has always been natural to me to NOT move my hand when using hjkl. Instead, I use the "proper" fingers for each key, and just slightly move my index finger when I need to press 'h'. BTW it's often best to move the cursor with things like 5W (5 WORDS which is more than 5w for 5 words), or fx (find 'x', i.e. jump to 'x') and more. > If I stick with vim, I'll swap esc and caps-lock. (Whoever > put caps- lock in prime real estate should be imprisoned.) While pressing Esc is a nuisance, I find it's not too bad; I shift my left hand to the left, and a couple of fingers feel the edge of the keyboard, while another hits the key. However, I recently cleaned up the following tip and much to my amazement I find that the "Using the Enter key" section is very easy to love (after a couple of hours of getting used to it). http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Escape John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
