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Re:Vim and Vi Tips: Essential Vim and Vi Editor Skills, free... by saidajigumi on Friday August 17, 2012 @01:17PM (#4397526)
It's vim, so no need for a hardware mod. Here's a trick that several vim writers recommend; add this to your .vimrc:

  " Disable arrow keys
  noremap <Up> <nop>
  noremap <Down> <nop>
  noremap <Left> <nop>
  noremap <Right> <nop>
It'll be super annoying for the first day or two, vexing for the rest of the week, then you'll just forget it's even there.
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Re:Vim and Vi Tips: Essential Vim and Vi Editor Skills, free... by dllthomas on Friday August 17, 2012 @03:35PM (#4398324)
The hardware mod that made the most difference for me, typing-wise, was rearranging the tops of the keys. I'm not sure this is doable on modern laptop keyboards, but on desktop keyboards it's trivial, and I never realized just how much I looked at the keyboard until it would hurt, and the habit died quickly.
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