# Is there a way to use kakoune with colemak keyboard layout?

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-kakoune-with-colemak-keyboard-layout/1819>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-kakoune-with-colemak-keyboard-layout/1819 "2021-07-30T22:34:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bravekarma](https://discuss.kakoune.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@bravekarma](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/bravekarma)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-kakoune-with-colemak-keyboard-layout/1819/6 "2023-05-07T19:13:18Z")

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I myself also switched to Colemak DH full time recently and the most difficult part was overcoming muscle memory for shell shortcuts and modal editors. Since I use a [programmable ergonomic keyboard](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ergonomic-keyboards/891), I have arrow keys mapped to the home row so I started using them instead of hjkl. It required a [few additional shortcuts](https://github.com/caksoylar/dotfiles/commit/81b2fdf893af5e8f4cc036bf497721ace5e02996) but all in all it was a pretty minimal config change.

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