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Ask HN: Modern keybindings for (neo)Vim?

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I've learned Vim multiple times but never really gotten comfortable with it. I don't really have the "baggage" of having too much of a muscle memory for the standard keybindings, so I was wondering if there has been any effort to create a new set of default bindings? Something to make the whole thing a bit more optimal while taking note of all the changed key positions since the 80s.

I know I could make them myself but I'm sure there's people who have thought about this a lot more.

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LordWinstanley
I'm a fairly amateurish Vim user, but can get around well enough to do most of the text editing I need. I mostly use it for setting stuff up / editing config files, etc. when SSH-ed into my servers.

Never having trained as a touch typist, I don't see the supposed advantage of using H,J,K,L to move around. I find the arrow keys much more intuitive, so I use them instead. I've also mapped alt+arrows to move from pane to pane in split windows. I find those two "deviations" from the standard key-mappings pretty much remove the biggest irritations I have with finding my way found in Vim.

Everything else is just stuff that will sink through repetition.