> then you need to never use any other computer because they will not have your setup
Again, if you really had such a defeatist attitude to changing things you'd simply never vim, or the MC file manager for that matter because they're not available everywhere, and you need to avoid other computers etc. In reality all of this is false, of course, humans are flexible enough
> but messing with my muscle memory is just not worth it.
You don't have any muscle memory for F6. But also it's trivial for such common things as cursor keys alternatives, you ijkl is already an inverted T that your muscles are used to, just without the extra hand move
> That depends on the standard. In some countries you need two hands to type an @, just to take one example
Wrong again, you'd need two fingers, but your hands stay near their resting place.
> Because I'm mainly making a counterpoint to your claim that using hjkl was better than using the arrow keys.
You're the one who brought these keys up! My point was "Don't repeat the ancient hjkl mistake?", but then you couldn't argue with.
Again, if you really had such a defeatist attitude to changing things you'd simply never vim, or the MC file manager for that matter because they're not available everywhere, and you need to avoid other computers etc. In reality all of this is false, of course, humans are flexible enough
> but messing with my muscle memory is just not worth it.
You don't have any muscle memory for F6. But also it's trivial for such common things as cursor keys alternatives, you ijkl is already an inverted T that your muscles are used to, just without the extra hand move
> That depends on the standard. In some countries you need two hands to type an @, just to take one example
Wrong again, you'd need two fingers, but your hands stay near their resting place.
> Because I'm mainly making a counterpoint to your claim that using hjkl was better than using the arrow keys.
You're the one who brought these keys up! My point was "Don't repeat the ancient hjkl mistake?", but then you couldn't argue with.