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Re: dvorak keyboard



on Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:27:59AM +0800, Isaac To insinuated:
> >>>>> "Ron" == Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> 
>     Ron> Silly question: do you use vi?  It seems like the "hjkl" key
>     Ron> pattern is tied to qwerty.
> 
> I do sometimes.  I actually feel that it is no more difficult than
> to learn Dvorak in the first place.  After all, it is just a remap
> in the brain.  It definitely won't worth it to remap the vi keys
> through the configuration, since there are some keys (like "d" in
> the original "h" position) which are chosen to its meaning (e.g.,
> "delete") rather than position.  Doing so will make you very
> uncomfortable if you somehow has to type on somebody else's keyboard
> which is of course qwerty.

now that you mention all this, my vim muscle memory will be the
hardest of all to change.  i still think i'm going t o give it a shot,
though ... just as soon as my wrist stops hurting.  thanks to all who
respomded -- you've been most helpful (as usual)!

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