On Jun 25, 3:29 am, "John Beckett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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

Of course, that's "Using the Escape key"

> easy to love (after a couple of hours of getting used to it).
>
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Escape

*Very* good.   Thanks.

>
> John
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