I use hjkl for arrow key nav, but ctrl-a for home, ctrl-e for end, ctrl n/p for up/down in menus, etc. I just find the hjkl more consistent between my various editing environments.
I use the hjkl keys, too, but have no muscle memory to help me with the arrow keys.
One thing that a keyboard must have for me to use it is a control key to the left of the A key. In many of my CLI and vim tasks, CTL-h is backspace, CTL-[ is escape, etc. THIS is muscle memory that I do have - and it keeps me from having to move my hand to a backspace or delete key, so I find it much faster. (Pisses me off that Microsoft has decided that CTL-h has its own special meaning - another reason not to use their stuff.)
OMG! I knew you were magic! I just map my MBA caps lock key to control. Simple stuff that I can understand. I think we need a video of you using a keyboard!
I totally agree about the arrow keys. I can't believe that they made this change. It was SO MUCH better on the older keyboards. I really hope that they change it back, but I doubt that they will.
I have a MacBook and I have the same lag issue with the keyboard - its weird and at some sort of millisecond level disconcerting enough to mean I mistype a lot using the keyboard.
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Every time I go to Shift I hit an arrow and erase what I just typed and it is driving me crazy
You use both vim and emacs navigation? If anything is magic around here, it's you!
Meanwhile, I'm happy as a clam with my little stash of Happy Hacking keyboards.
I use hjkl for arrow key nav, but ctrl-a for home, ctrl-e for end, ctrl n/p for up/down in menus, etc. I just find the hjkl more consistent between my various editing environments.
I use the hjkl keys, too, but have no muscle memory to help me with the arrow keys.
One thing that a keyboard must have for me to use it is a control key to the left of the A key. In many of my CLI and vim tasks, CTL-h is backspace, CTL-[ is escape, etc. THIS is muscle memory that I do have - and it keeps me from having to move my hand to a backspace or delete key, so I find it much faster. (Pisses me off that Microsoft has decided that CTL-h has its own special meaning - another reason not to use their stuff.)
Using this technique, you can turn Caps lock into a control key: http://brettterpstra.com/20...
OMG! I knew you were magic! I just map my MBA caps lock key to control. Simple stuff that I can understand. I think we need a video of you using a keyboard!
I totally agree about the arrow keys. I can't believe that they made this change. It was SO MUCH better on the older keyboards. I really hope that they change it back, but I doubt that they will.
I have a MacBook and I have the same lag issue with the keyboard - its weird and at some sort of millisecond level disconcerting enough to mean I mistype a lot using the keyboard.