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> Changing basic key bindings is the quickest way to vitiate that symbiosis.

Unless you change those as well

> All to say: learning emacs movement keys pays off.

It can also cost you RSI, so not worth it

I've found it crucial to have Control mapped to the keys immediately next to and on both sides of the spacebar. Thumbs are stronger than pinkies for modifying keypresses.

Yes, that's a good idea since Control is the most common keybinding modifiers, so helps in other apps as well (likewise, using Cmd on a Mac would be preferable to using the literal Control)

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