And now I’m (slowly) typing this in dvorak.
spoiler
The vi keys are better than qwerty’s home row. It’s been two days and I’ll die on this hill.
Is it terminal?
Edit: Guess I should mention it’s a Nuphy Air60 V2 given the com. I was a bit hasty.
And now I’m (slowly) typing this in dvorak.
The vi keys are better than qwerty’s home row. It’s been two days and I’ll die on this hill.
Is it terminal?
Edit: Guess I should mention it’s a Nuphy Air60 V2 given the com. I was a bit hasty.
You’re hitting the nail on the head there. I’ve always used b/e and honestly forgot w for motion until recently. Trying out dvorak is kind of breaking the habit in-editor aside from menu nav. Doom with evil-mode also has ‘s’ as a quick 2-letter isearch that is incredibly handy. I’ve seen about helix and other modern projects, they just seem to stray from the weirdness I learned to love about vim, even if they may be more intuitive.
Using hyprland, emacs, and now dvorak too is tangling my brain sometimes. I’ve resolved to using super for my WM mod key as to not mess up emacs even though it’s less comfortable. I’m considering making a post to get a feel for peoples’ use of alt layouts, WM bindings, and Extend/layers. Just not sure if this would be the right com or not.
To pack some more in here unsolicited, I also worked out a capslock overload that is kinda wild. Tap for oneshot control, hold for super, or tap-then-hold to hold control. The super-hold even reverts to a control when intending to use the oneshot and rolling too fast. Oh, and hitting caps again in the oneshot gives escape since caps to control/escape was my original overload. It’s gnarly and I want to post about it too at some point.
Apologies for the dump lol, might have to come back to this if I decide to post.
Don’t worry, I love it.
Say, have you heard about the Colemak-DH layout? I’ve never tried a different layout other than QWERTY in my life, but I’m excited to try and learn CDH after I get my ZSA Voyager split keyboard. I’m freaking giddy about that keyboard. I’m 38, I feel like waiting for Christmas Eve again. I also have a beefy computer ordered which I’m waiting on. Nope, not as exciting as the Voyager. 🤓
Yep, this site and DreymaR’s have been a big part of my layout exploration and wrapping my head around layers.
I’m actually considering switching to something newer instead like Colemak-DH (really interested in wide mod not having a split board) or canary, graphite, gallium, etc, etc. So many to look at. I kinda glossed over Colemak in general wanting to really step away from QWERTY and start with good habits. Dvorak is an eye opening wonder for me, I’m just not sure it’s what I want to stick with. It’s honestly amazing it’s still ergonomically competitive with all the computer-aided layouts today. If I can figure out enough of the theory and my own preferences, I might look at making my own. Not so sure about that yet.
I don’t know what I’d be more excited for. A new machine can be incredible depending on the jump in specs. But I think the RTX card in my laptop that I could finally game on was even overshadowed by using a high refresh display for the first time. Peripherals really make a difference.
Cool, man, let’s do it together! I already switched my key caps around on my mechanical keyboard, and replaced QWERTY with regular Colemak on GBoard on my phone. (Sadly the -DH variant wasn’t available there). All in, baby, let’s go!
Definitely. I remember the first time I got a high frame rate display, was in complete awe. All that motion!
Indeed, this should be a fairly good jump, I think. I built my current machine in 2020. Now:
Along with all the other modern upgrades you can think of. So I should be ecstatic lol. But my mind just keeps drifting off to the Voyager 💀