Workman Layout for Vim

Re:Workman Layout for Vim by byebyebyebye on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @01:19AM (#39976350)

First time hearing about this keyboard layout. I wonder how much marginal efficiency there is to be gained.

My hands' physical travels reduced by a lot ever since I learned vim. But I don't think optimizing fingers' travel would give as much boost in overall speed. On the other hand, though, you can argue that fingers travel between keys a lot more often than between keyboard and mouse.

What's everyone's experience? Was it worth it for you learning another layout?

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Re:Workman Layout for Vim by lawn on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @03:12AM (#39976875)

> What's everyone's experience? Was it worth it for you learning another layout?

I designed my own layout to fix my RSI, which was very worth it. But I don't think it's worth it if you're after speed, the effort is better spent practicing typing IMO.

I wrote big lost about my experience here: https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2023/11/02/i_designed_my_ow...

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Re:Workman Layout for Vim by eimrine on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @01:22AM (#39976363)

Of course it worth it, but coleman/workman are for weak ppl who can not get rid of qwerty completely.

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