On: Porn, Zen, and .vimrc

[paledot]

The only map that I would say is an absolute improvement over the default is

    map ; :

Using : is a waste of a keystroke (ie. shift) in an editor that I chose specifically to reduce chorded key combos.

[jhvkjhk → paledot]

I used to map like this, but then I found ; is to repeat f{char}. How do you repeat f command? Map it to another key? Use / instead?

[paledot → jhvkjhk]

The answer is I don't. I make heavy use of /, but for navigating within a line I make do with *#^$w.

It's kind of cool how you can get two Vim power users (not a group I count myself among, mind) in a room together and find they use a completely different subset of features.

[ryannevius → jhvkjhk]

    nnoremap ; :
    nnoremap : ;

Allows me to use : for repeating.

[tomjakubowski → jhvkjhk]

You could instead use F{char},, and then keep hitting , ;)