custom vim bindings (<leader>)

[Josiah-tan]

So I think that normal vim bindings (diw, ysip", 14j) are handled pretty well in the discussion from vim navigation.

But I want some sort of system for custom bindings that is easy to remember, so I am wondering what people have come up with before I decide to commit to anything.

• For example it be nice to have an easy way to stroke all of these in preferably 1 key stroke:
  • note: that it's fine to do it in 2, maybe as a preparation stroke, I don't mind it too much
  • (of course this can easily be made to work in any vim mode as well which was discussed here)

nnoremap <leader>sg <cmd>lua require('telescope.builtin').grep_string()<cr>
nnoremap <leader>ht <cmd>lua require('telescope.builtin').help_tags()<cr>
nnoremap <leader>gd <cmd>lua require('telescope.builtin').lsp_definitions()<cr>
" (yes I'm aware that lua mappings are supported in nvim 0.7 now, don't judge to much plz)

• I also generally try to keep my keymaps less than 3 characters long (including the leader key)

• it would be nice if I don't have to memorize new briefs for every single new key mapping

  • like STKPWR-FGT for grep_string for example

some ideas (not in any particular order):

2 stroked ideas?

Method 1

• using command + letter from plover-vim
  • first stroke outputs: {#escape space someLetter} (from plover-vim)
    • (not currently in the defaults but easily extendable)
  • second stroke outputs another letter (can be just finger spelt)

Method 2

• unique stroke + double sided finger spelling (similar to user2's easy motion code)
  • first stroke outputs nothing / takes you to normal mode
  • second stroke spells two letters
• compared to method 3, the finger spelling does not have to be unique on the right hand, missing letters can be created more easily

1 stroked ideas?

Method 3

• finger spell on both sides at the same time
  • left hand, same as normal
    • but with SK for E, WR for U, SKW for I (to free up more of the right hand)
  • right hand, 26 unique chords for every letter of the alphabet?

[user202729]

I don't have a very-good system for these ad hoc things, just STPR + random nonconflicting (*) combination on right hand, although I try to group them somewhat logically.

For now I think I have at most 20 such ad hoc (frequently used) strokes? Definitely doesn't need the space of 2 strokes.

As a result, sometimes I know the steno stroke for an action but not the normal keyboard key chain.

Possible improvement, if the "normal keyboard" part is made later arbitrarily, it can be made that somewhat resemble the stroke. (only matters if sometimes you want to quickly stroke something without a steno keyboard around)

(*) may cause conflict later if the "systematic" part is extended.