Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys

Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by hallnoates on Friday March 09, 2012 @03:11PM (#3685704)

This feature of vi/vim along with not being able to save and quit as quickly as I can in emacs (ctrl-s ctrl-x, baby, none of that :q! shite) is the reason I use emacs. I totally respect those that use vim, but I'm not a freaking machine.

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Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by ghostwords on Friday March 09, 2012 @04:17PM (#3685984)

To save with [Esc],w add the following to your ~/.vimrc

  " remap <Leader> to ,
  let mapleader = ","

  " save with ,w
  nmap <Leader>w :w<CR>

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Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by mgedmin on Friday March 09, 2012 @05:32PM (#3686284)

I can hit ZZ faster than ctrl-x ctrl-s ;)

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Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by wazoox on Saturday March 10, 2012 @04:23AM (#3687483)

:x or ZZ instead of :wq wins :)

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