im switching to colemak-dh and i need some advice.

im writing this with colemak-dh, beleive me its hard. whats even harder is the hjkl navigation. so should i remap it to neio? you can consider me a long run guy, so your answers can be based on that.

thanks in advance.

  • @Thedudeman
    6•3 months ago

    Regular colemak user here, I have found the simplest thing to do is use the langmap option to rebind every function of hjkl to neio.

    To try it out or add it to your init.vim config, run set langmap=hjklHJKLneioNEIO;neioNEIOhjklHJKL

    If you have an init.lua config, add vim.opt.langmap = 'hjklHJKLneioNEIO;neioNEIOhjklHJKL'

    It will rebind your motion in all modes and their shortcuts, so you don’t have to spend any time mapping everything individually. However, it doesn’t remap things in some extensions like which-key which is a huge pain to the point that I have just stopped using the extension entirely instead of trying to figure out all the mappings for a seamless experience.

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•3 months ago

      vim.opt.langmap = ‘hjklHJKLneioNEIO;neioNEIOhjklHJKL’

      u answered the question without answering it. i dunno if u did that on purpose but im already feeling f-ed after remapping the keys. guess i should withdraw switching to colemak. i never realized vimd do this to me. thanks

      btw that langmap was cool

      • @Thedudeman
        2•3 months ago

        Switching keyboard layouts is really hard it can take a lot of time to adjust. I haven’t been using it for very long (only like a year and a half) but there are lots of users who say it is well worth it in the long run. If you’re feeling f-ed about your new layout, I recommend trying to learn it as a side project over time, rather than making your whole setup use it. Stick with what you know for important stuff and use something like colemak academy until you are proficient enough to make the switch.

        • @[email protected]OP
          1•3 months ago

          Yeah, i can see your point. Actually colemak already feels good (yk those rolls) and i like it a lot, but colemak on vim, thats hard.

          I recommend trying to learn it as a side project over time, rather than making your whole setup use it

          Yeah i went fully in and realized this is impossible for (while learning) so now im qwerty on work and colemak on personal laptops

          Btw im using keybr i thinks thats great.

          Thanks for ur comment