My public dotfiles and keyboard shortcuts

h and l refer to navigating between left and right

moving things left/right is done via adding a mod key (e.g. Shift)

Up/Down direction I'm less decided on. Most things are left/right, but drop-downs and menus are up-down which is important.

'j' and 'k' refer to navigating up and down

'n' and 'p' refer to moving things up and down

Left and right can refer to different things inside of different apps. And apps/spaces nest inside each other:

vim < (inside) tmux < kitty < a screen < multiple monitors < multiple workspaces

hence different combos of mod keys separate out what are we navigating to or moving

Ctrl - Taken by a lot of apps (e.g. Ctrl-c, etc.)

Shift - ok in Vim normal mode, but generally taken (upcasing, etc.)

Cmd (on linux, not very taken, except Cmd+1/2/3/... in Gnome Shell)

Opt - Generally available for custom shortcuts (but on my keyboard (Kinesis Freestyle2) is the most awkward key to reach)

Ctrl+Shift

Ctrl+Cmd

Ctrl+Opt

Shift+Cmd

Shift+Opt

Cmd+Opt

Ctrl+Shift+Cmd

Ctrl+Shift+Opt

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd ("Mash!")

Shift+Opt+Cmd

Shift+Ctrl+Opt+Cmd ("Smash!")