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by pdenya 5260 days ago
That's great for browsing but I can't picture coding in an editor where I need to stop and look for common command keys. At the moment vim is efficient because [esc]10dd or something but it's just not viable without a keyboard. For reviewing code or making quick edits however this could be incredible.

I wonder if it supports plugins.

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    nnoremap jk <esc>
It's hard to believe there are people who regularly use vim and still use escape.
Why? It's quite convenient for my left-hand pinky on nearly every keyboard that I use, and I've picked up the habit of doing periodic `jk` movements as I'm examining some code. I tried the `jk` combination that some people recommend, but it doesn't work for me.
I've never used a keyboard where escape was convenient to press. I personally use inoremap so 'jk' only does something in insert mode, I hit jk repeatedly all the time in normal mode while I'm thinking.
Remapping caps lock to function as escape is pretty useful here.
I actually prefer kj myself, as it's a little faster to go from outside to inside fingers.
Shouldn't that be inoremap?