From: Hans Fugal <fugalh@...>
Date: 2004-12-24T02:51:57+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: vi useability question

Fredrik Jagenheim wrote:
> I've decided to try and switch out of curiosity but hit the first
> hurdle when I realized that vim is optimized for qwerty.

I haven't yet gone 100% on dvorak, or reached my qwerty speed. I blame 
my impatience (I'm used to typing being an "instantaneous" activity). 
But I have a friend who has, and his claim is that vim is perfectly 
usable with dvorak settings. He says you just get used to where hjkl are.

I have learned dvorak up to about 10 or 20 wpm, and I've found that 
switching between keyboards isn't an issue for me. I can switch back to 
qwerty after a day in dvorak without any problems, and I can switch to 
dvorak without problems either, except of course that I have to think 
harder and don't go as fast (yet, obviously).

Maybe over the holidays...