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My biggest problem with keyboard input is not the positioning of the keys - most of the time it's either weird default shortcuts(like Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Insert) or the lack of a numpad - It's remarkable how good of an idea it was to have the plus sign under one, pretty large key.

Also smaller keyboards(think 13,3" laptop) are to me plain bad, because everything is so crammed.

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IMO, macOS has the most sensible keyboard shortcuts [0]. Moving the primary modifier from Control to Command might seem odd at first, at least that was the case for me when I first tried out macOS. But in the long run, I think it's more comfortable.

Common User Access [1] tried to fix the chaotic mess that was DOS... But by then it was too late, so we ended up with a few really stupid shortcuts. My least favorite is Alt+F4 / Ctrl+F4. On macOS you close documents or windows with Cmd+W, or you close the whole application with Cmd+Q. Having to reach up to the F-row is awkward.

[0] https://developer.apple.com/macos/human-interface-guidelines...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access

On the pop layout I have a bunch of keys that are used for shortucts. You could remap any of those to CTRL + ALT + Shift + Insert or whatever other combos you hit often. Also, tying numbers on crackle is as easy as typing capital letters so I don't really miss the dedicated numpad (but no 10 key typing of course).

have you tried Vim? or Vim keybinding in your favorite editor?

Yes, a few times - the first around 10 years ago. Not my cup of tea.

The greatest thing VIM does for me is lettting me use comma as a shortcut key. Ctrl feels painful as a prefix key in comparison to using comma.

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