Do normies actually use arrow keys to move around when programming?
I use the mouse.
>>107053660>t. vimfag
>>107053660I mapped '<-' as another modifier. I use this palm press way but with the right hand and the arrow key
>>107053690Vim is shit but vim motion is good.
>>107053660I do
I have my arrows on the nav layer, activated by the middle left thumb button.
i have caps bound as second fn key and have fn+wasd bound to arrowsdon't even need to move my hand
what, am I not allowed to anymore? how am I supposed to move the cursor when writing now? reach the mouse every time? what is wrong with the arrow keys?
Yeah but I started in the DOS era
>>107053660i'm a numpad nigga myself. having home/end/pgup/pgdn/del available without moving my hand is very convenient
>>107053785you have to use the flippin vim motions
>>107053660Yeah. I also use>control to jump whole words>home/end to jump to start/end of line>shift to paint
it gets even crazier: normies actually have a dedicated number pad for wagecucking, and boomers piss all over themselves if you tell them to just use jkl numlock
>>107053660My arrow keys specifically are super close to the rest of the keys, so I got used to just using them instead of indulging into hjkl fuckery.
>>107053785Ctrl+A Delete, then type the entire thing again
>>107053660i use them when i don't want to exit insert mode in vim, but i recently switched over to vi compatible mode, so probably not using arrows any more.
>>107054590>control to jump whole words>home/end to jump to start/end of lineI always find it wild how people who work on a computer in which they type shit every day spend years/decades never doing this kind of thing.
Yeah, I use it for alt+arrow key shortcuts
>>107053660>normies>programmingno such thing. normies think all programmers are perma-virgin weirdos and guess what
>>107053785If your already moving you're hand away from home row, may as well use the mouse.
>>107054622numpad is anti-tranny protection. I think I'll order a few numpads and keep them around my desk just so they protect from the homo demons
>>107055428>boomer pisses all over their pants because numpads are deprecated and bloat
>>107055882that doesn't make any sense. separate numpads are so hot right now, everyone is asking for them. some dude even made a Nuphy Air numpad concept on plebbit and everyone is drooling over it
60% is still bloat.
>>107055910pvre porn
>>107055150>Ctrl to jump words>Shift to highlightNobody told me this, I found it on accident this year.t. Conputer since 2003
>dumb nigger consoomers cant into keybindsits really sad what this board has become
>>107055943yeah! why don't they write that on the keys?
>>107053785using vim motions (HJKL) solves this problem althoughbeit there are many inconvenient keys regardless.>made a mistaketake a trip to backspace>numberstake a trip to numpad>special characterswith skill you can hit them without looking but lets be honest you'll miss 40% of the timethe only pure typing experience is typing words only like some kind of fucking journalist
>>107053660They use the mouse, sperg.
>>107055268Home row never clicked (heh) for me. I just chicken peck at 100wpm which isn't blazing fast but its good enough for pro gramming.
We useCtrl + n (next line)Ctrl + p (previous line)Ctrl + b (back character)Ctrl + f (forward character)
>>107056469>take a trip to backspaceCTRL-h, or just ignore it and fix everything when you're finished inserting.>numpad>special charactersSkill issue.
>>107053660usecase for moving around? just write your code in one go
>>107053660What do you use instead? I use them all the time in Emacs.
>>107055910>bluetooth>bluetooth>bluetooth>wifihadn't heard of this variant
>>107057347Extremely based. I tried using Vim keybindings again after getting used to Emacs keybindings for months, and it feels like I'm cucking myself. The keybindings in insert mode are complete garbage, so you constantly have to switch between insert mode and normal mode.
>>107056501The most important thing is not too look. I could never touch type the numbers before I did home row because my hands were all over the place. In the long run looking down for numbers and symbols made my neck hurt.
>>107053660I have a layer on right alt with hjkl -> arrow keys and some other stuff. I have to use visual sneed at work, and they always break my customisations so I've started just using my own keyboard layer (using keyd, I connect remotely) to press their shitty default keybinds.
>>107053660I do, but they are much closer on my keyboard.
>>107053660VSCode has that sikk shortcut to span the cursor across as many lines as you want at once. Sometimes it's useful... I use MnK though.
After switching to colemak I started to appreciate that vim keys support arrows by default. I have arrows in another layer.
>>107053660Better than hjkl.
>>107057347*develops repetitive strain injury*
>>107059597>she doesn't use emacs foot pedals
>>107053660I use the mouse to copy/paste from chatgpt
>>107053660>Do normies actually use arrow keys to move around when programming?Normies do, but everybody should use vim motions, they are lingua franca.
>>107059597*swaps Ctrl and Caps Lock*uwu
>>107053660normchad use touchscreen
>>107059642what in fuck
>>107055268do you also own and use a 60% keyboard?
>>107053660normies don't program retard, they're too busy watching sportsball and complaining about politics
>>107053660Have you seen laptop keyboards? Most of them have those tiny arrow keys which are annoying to use.
>>107060459I think so. It's definitely lacking the numpad, arrow keys and F keys, but I don't know what % it is. It's split too.
I like the vim movement keys but i absolutely do not need any of the other crap. what are my best options for this?
when i use vim i still use the arrow keys
i used to have emacs key bindings in web browsers but bassi usecased them with gtk4 so no i'm forced to use ctrl-arrow to move
Vim is great if you are working over a ssh connection but for local stuff I'd rather eat my own shit than edit a large mass of text in vim.
>>107055910Why the fuck would I spend $100 + $100 + tax + tip + shipping + tithe + hours of my day putting them together when I can get a complete keyboard for $10 bucks from the nearest non-fagman store?
