Putting Ctrl in the home row by replacing the useless Caps-Lock is sufficient for me .
Alt is easily reached with the thumbs and shift is already close enough to the home row, with shift-ctrl using both pinkies.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
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i have been running qmk keyboards with capslock bound to esc on tap, alt when pressed as well + evdoublebind to achieve the same for the laptop's builtin keyboard
i do like the idea of not having to come off the home row for ctrl-* mappings in vim
I've never found pressing modifier keys to be an issue. I'll be mindful of my use today.
I guess the hold to repeat input (of letters) is not used much, so not a significant or noticeable loss when replaced. I'd certainly see false positives and having to type slower as deal breakers.
Yes, partially. I’ve used alt under the A key for about 7 years now, and ctrl under the semicolon for maybe 6. I also have ctrl under z as well.
so you chord z + right hand keys and : + left hand keys?
i think i could get away with just having ctrl under a/: and maybe shift or super under s/l since i have alt under caps lock
No but that does look interesting