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I don't remember where I found it but the best remapping I ever did was to map the sequence 'kj' to esc. kj is rarely used in a word, and when it is it isn't a big deal. inoremap kj
That's useful indeed - I have both kj and jk mapped to Esc in my vimrc. https://github.com/mmozuras/vimfiles/blob/master/vimrc#L75
With arrows: x
Without arrows: hixlli
It also much depends on a keyboard design, the laptop-like often have arrows under ENTER and using them doesn't require hand movement.
I believe many VIM users overestimate the importance of using h,j,k,l in comparison to numeric modifiers. Holding down j to scroll down the page is no more "right" than holding down the down arrow, in my opinion. The following made me considerably faster: * Relative Line numbering (For Vim 7.3). G/gg stop being convenient for frequent line movement once your file goes beyond 100 lines. Doing math in your head to figu…
Any ideas?
Also note: I am not a touch typist.
I believe many VIM users overestimate the importance of using h,j,k,l in comparison to numeric modifiers. Holding down j to scroll down the page is no more "right" than holding down the down arrow, in my opinion. The following made me considerably faster: * Relative Line numbering (For Vim 7.3). G/gg stop being convenient for frequent line movement once your file goes beyond 100 lines. Doing math in your head to figu…
I have been playing with the relative numbering all afternoon. I love having all my lines indexed, but it's hard to hit any number above 5 or 6 with my right hand because it's about to hit j or k. I wish it could be indexed with a combination of numbers between 1 and 5 only, but I guess that would mess with the j and k functionality. Any ideas? Also note: I am not a touch typist.
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I have been playing with the relative numbering all afternoon. I love having all my lines indexed, but it's hard to hit any number above 5 or 6 with my right hand because it's about to hit j or k. I wish it could be indexed with a combination of numbers between 1 and 5 only, but I guess that would mess with the j and k functionality. Any ideas? Also note: I am not a touch typist.
I don't use anything beyond 5(with the exception of 0 because that's fairly easy for me to hit). 6 and 7 are the hardest to hit. 17k for me just becomes 15kkk, for example. If you ever find yourself needing to go 50+ up or down, you should be using one of H, L, or M to take out a good chunk of that.
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Even better, just learn to use EasyMotion, it's one of the most efficient ways of navigating around a file: https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-easymotion
I've tried it and didn't like it at all. The main problem is how it replaces the letter I'm searching with another unrelated one, making all the matches practically unreadable. To me, at least. set incsearch and /foo ?bar are more than enough for my needs.
I use arrow keys for movement all the time. Not always, but I found no value in forcing myself otherwise.
Interesting. How long have you been using Vim?
Often switching mode to move around is just more effort than moving my hand a little, at least on the laptops I've used lately.
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Even better, just learn to use EasyMotion, it's one of the most efficient ways of navigating around a file: https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-easymotion
I've tried it and didn't like it at all. The main problem is how it replaces the letter I'm searching with another unrelated one, making all the matches practically unreadable. To me, at least. set incsearch and /foo ?bar are more than enough for my needs.
EasyMotion is not for searching, it's for moving the cursor deliberately to a place onscreen where you need to make an edit.
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I've tried it and didn't like it at all. The main problem is how it replaces the letter I'm searching with another unrelated one, making all the matches practically unreadable. To me, at least. set incsearch and /foo ?bar are more than enough for my needs.
Basically what dedward said before me. EasyMotion is not for searching, it's for moving the cursor deliberately to a place onscreen where you need to make an edit.
Searching is how I move to where I want.
It's a lot less confusing to me than EasyMotion's logic, it's consistent whether the word I want to jump to is visible or not and it's a native feature.
Well, I was curious when it was released so I've used it for a couple of weeks and found it horrible and confusing. Obviously many people like it so let's say it's a matter of taste.