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Re:Why Vi Rocks by civility on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:26PM (#19630620)
I have a friend who used to use Vi(m) with his Dvorak keyboard at home, and Emacs with his qwerty keyboard at work. He considered it an exercise for keeping his brain sharp. I don't think he still does it, but maybe.

Vim on Dvorak is insane, imho.

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Re:Why Vi Rocks by rohansingh on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:52PM (#19630765)
Why do you feel that Vim on Dvorak is insane?
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Re:Why Vi Rocks by civility on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:18PM (#19630869)
Motion in Vi is based on treating the home row of the keyboard as arrow keys. H, J, K, and L are left, down, up, and right. They aren't mnemonics, and so scrambling them around (Dvorak) is just doubly confusing.
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Re:Why Vi Rocks by rohansingh on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:26PM (#19630913)
Oh, huh, never considered that a real issue. I've used Vim on Dvorak for years, and use hljk for motion.

It's nice that jk are adjacent on Dvorak, and hl are conveniently placed as well.

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Re:Why Vi Rocks by beatgammit on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:35AM (#19631432)
Can confirm, I use Dvorak and vim without issues. I find myself not using hjkl very often though, since I can usually use another movement to get where I want to go, so it's really not an issue.
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