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Benjamin Rutt <rutt+news@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:

> Sorry, you already lost so much time lifting your hand off the
> keyboard to hit the ESC key and re-orient that hand back on the home
> row that any efficiency arguments are lost.

I suppose the arrow keys are in the home row on your keyboard?

I'm right handed, so my right alt, ctrl, and shift keys are no
use to me.  A long time ago I remapped right shift to be escape
and viper becomes even more pleasant to use.

-kin