Better default mapping for amp-like jumping

[igor-arkhipov]

Hello everyone!

I noticed that mapping for jumping to two-character labels gw isn't handy for me.

Pressing different keys requires a different effort – in home row (asdf jkl) is more more easier than somewhere on far-reach keys(b,y,t,c,z).

So let's see different effort on standart keyboard

source

So, default alphabetical keymap abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz for amp-jumping is not effective and ergonomical as it could be – labels is far from home row.

My suggestion for default qwerty-layout based on effort map (source) and less loads fingers

jump-label-alphabet = "jfkdlsacienvurxowtzhgqp"

[David-Else]

Great idea, why not have it as default? I am aware some people use other keyboard layouts, but most use QWERTY and this is a big improvement.

[igor-arkhipov]

Know for sure - alphabetical labels are not optimal

I think it's worth watching keymap for amp-labels in other projects and then choose the best option

E.g. leap.nvim use similar sfnjklhodweimbuyvrgtaqpcxz (link to repo)

Perhaps it is worth reconsider an algorithm for generating labels — helix pick first char and cycle to end of jump-label-alphabet, but it would be more ergonomic to use homerow key first