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from those answers:

    nore ; :
    nore , ;

Do this now. Probably not the vimrc line that has saved me the most time... but definitely saved me the most pinky pain.

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Why not take it one step further with:

  nore <Space> :

Let your thumbs do the work.

What do you use for leader?

That's awful, 2 keystrokes for <leader>? Use \ for leader, or , for leader and \ for ;

That's no better, I think. There is no standard location for \

Try using <space> instead. The default binding is useless for the largest key.

Why does it matter if there's no standard location? Do you use the ; command that often in vim anyway that this would be an issue if it were mapped to \?

Ymmv but it unfortunately matters for me. I switch between my work PC and personal Macbook daily. The different positions for \ drive me crazy, but as least it's rarely used on Macs due to sane file paths. Using a moving key in Vim is a bad idea.

I just can't imagine prioritizing many commands over the <leader> key, which gets a load of use from me. Try space then, I guess.

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