Question

I’m just getting into using Vim. The way I learned to type I keep my fingers anchored over the “j,k,l,;” keys instead of the “h,j,k,l” keys. I’d like to change the key board short cuts to essentially move over the left,down,up,right functionality from the “h,j,k,l” keys to the “j,k,l,;” keys. Can anyone help me out?

Answer 1

The recent book Practical Vim by Drew Neil has an interesting discussion on this topic:

You’re wasting keystrokes if you press the h key more
than two times in a row. When it comes to moving horizontally, you can get
around quicker using word-wise or character search motions.

…

I’m pleased that the ; key rests comfortably beneath my little finger.

[Given that ; is the “find next” key for the f search command.]