Re: Forcing myself to learn vim properly

On 2013-04-08 19:03, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> One of the great plus-points of Vim is that in many cases there
> are several ways to achieve the same result. IOW, the "proper" way
> to use Vim is not the one and only way "the teacher" uses it: it
> is whatever way suits you best.

Thanks for saying that!

>
> Yes, as Marc said, a lot of different motions are documented in
> the motion.txt helpfile; and don't let keyboard fanatics sway you.
> Yes, the ability to do everything by keyboard alone is great; but
> sometimes the fastest way to go to a random point in the current
> window is just to click on it.

I have cerebral palsy and have *real* difficulties
using a mouse effectively, yet I'm no keyboard fanatic:
I have a marble mouse placed in front of my right
hand's resting position and I use it for quick
navigation,for scrolling and for click-pasting even in
Vim (gvim in my case).

>
> hjkl and ←↓↑→ do the same thing: some people take that as an
> argument to shun the arrow keys. I have a different take on this:
> with the following mappings:
>
> map <Down> gj
> map <Up> gk
>
> ↓ and ↑ (in Normal mode) move by "screen lines", leaving j and k
> to move by "file lines". This is particularly useful if 'wrap' is
> set, which is what I use.

Clever! I however use a Dvorak keyboard, and having
given up on remapping everything around early on hjkl
don't make much sense, so I use ←↓↑→ which happen to be
right above said mouse. Besides I can't effectively use
my pinky fingers! I don't think I do things wrong, nor
is it right for me only because of my disability. I'm
doing what works best for me. Period.

I think I'll do this though, even though I mostly hardwrap:

map <C-Down> gj
map <C-Up> gk

/bpj

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