I want to teach myself using hjkl more than using the arrow keys in order to stay on the home row. And yes, I am very aware that one should not use hjkl as the main navigation keys. Yet my habits are quite strong and I don't even realize that made that hand movement to the arrow keys and I want to unlearn it.
In order to break that habit: How can I disable the arrow keys so that I am forced to use the hjkl or some other navigation method?
As a bonus, it would be helpful if there was a message shown Dont't use this!
yet that it's not mandatory. If they don't work, it will be confusing enough for me to rethink my habits.
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in the current line, etc.) than moving more granularly by single characters. I definitely agree with this. However, HJKL are definitely better than the arrow keys in that you don't have to move your hands from the home row. I'll frequently type something likejA
, which is a lot faster than<Down>A
, and not really beatable by any motion. – wchargin Dec 17 '15 at 7:45