Changes: Use ijkl to move the cursor and h to insert

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created September 19, 2006 · complexity basic · author Anon · version 5.7

Like probably many people, I have the "inverse T" cursor key layout deeply etched in muscle memory, and I much prefer this to having left, down, up, right in a row like hjkl is (although I'm sure others prefer having all the keys on the home row). As a result I use ijkl to move the cursor and h to insert (this also means that touch typists get to keep their fingers on the touchtyping home keys and just move their second finger to i when they move the cursor up). This is what the relevant part of my vimrc file looks like:

" remap h to insert and use ijkl for inverse T cursor movement
map h <insert>
map i <up>
map j <left>
map k <down>

Comments

You might as well want to use the gmail convention:

j <UP>
k <DOWN>
n <LEFT>
p <RIGHT>

Of course with re-mapping the n and o key functions.

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 Like probably many people, I have the "inverse T" cursor key layout deeply etched in muscle memory, and I much prefer this to having left, down, up, right in a row like hjkl is (although I'm sure others prefer having all the keys on the home row). As a result I use ijkl to move the cursor and h to insert (this also means that touch typists get to keep their fingers on the touchtyping home keys and just move their second finger to i when they move the cursor up). This is what the relevant part of my vimrc file looks like: