On 2013-04-08 19:03, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
One of the great plus-points of Vim is that in many cases there
are several ways to achieve the same result. IOW, the "proper" way
to use Vim is not the one and only way "the teacher" uses it: it
is whatever way suits you best.
Thanks for saying that!
Yes, as Marc said, a lot of different motions are documented in
the motion.txt helpfile; and don't let keyboard fanatics sway you.
Yes, the ability to do everything by keyboard alone is great; but
sometimes the fastest way to go to a random point in the current
window is just to click on it.
I have cerebral palsy and have *real* difficulties
using a mouse effectively, yet I'm no keyboard fanatic:
I have a marble mouse placed in front of my right
hand's resting position and I use it for quick
navigation,for scrolling and for click-pasting even in
Vim (gvim in my case).
hjkl and ←↓↑→ do the same thing: some people take that as an
argument to shun the arrow keys. I have a different take on this:
with the following mappings:
map <Down> gj
map <Up> gk
↓ and ↑ (in Normal mode) move by "screen lines", leaving j and k
to move by "file lines". This is particularly useful if 'wrap' is
set, which is what I use.
Clever! I however use a Dvorak keyboard, and having
given up on remapping everything around early on hjkl
don't make much sense, so I use ←↓↑→ which happen to be
right above said mouse. Besides I can't effectively use
my pinky fingers! I don't think I do things wrong, nor
is it right for me only because of my disability. I'm
doing what works best for me. Period.
I think I'll do this though, even though I mostly hardwrap:
map <C-Down> gj
map <C-Up> gk
/bpj
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