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Taking back control of hjkl with modifiers keys

The arrow cluster One of the most famous lore about vim and its derivative like kakoune is the use of h j k l as arrow keys. This keys placement is often lauded by the users of these editors as a power-feature because the fingers barely have to move from the home-row of the keyboard. Strangely, this kind of spatial considerations is almost unique to the h j k l cluster. Other keys tend to be placed on the keyboard according to some mnemonics related to their name. Non exhaustive examples usin…