Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Carmack Doesn't Like Vim | Prime Reacts" video.
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Part of why I don't like vim is becasue it uses specific keys to represent specific meta keys, which aren't even ordered in a useful way.
Besides that, I already have most of my meta keys on a different layer of my standard keyboard position, like arrow keys, numpad, enter, backspace, etc. (I use neo layout).
And when using a non querty or similar keyboard layout, keybindings don't make sense anymore anyway.
Programs should be keyboard layout independant, if the positioning of the keys is more important than the symbol they represent in the current layout.
And it's not that difficult. Just use the scancode, which your windowing library hopefully provide (winit does).
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