Ergonomic keyboard mappings.

.inputrc

set bind-tty-special-chars off

Control-h: backward-char
"\eh": backward-word

Control-t: previous-history
Control-n: next-history

Control-s: forward-char
"\es": forward-word

mrenaud-ergo.el

;;; Ergonomic changes.
;;; Keep in mind, these are for the Dvorak keyboard layout.

(defvar mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (make-keymap) "mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode keymap.")

;; Movement commands:
;; Now lie on right hand homerow.
;; h t n s
;; < ^ v >
(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-h") 'backward-char)
(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "M-h") 'backward-word)

(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-t") 'previous-line)

(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-s") 'forward-char)
(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "M-s") 'forward-word)

;; Other window.
(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-<tab>") 'other-window)

;; Use C-f for searching.
(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-f") 'isearch-forward-regexp)
(define-key mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map (kbd "C-r") 'isearch-backward-regexp)

;; Swap functionality of C-p and C-x.
;; C-x is more difficult to type then C-p, especially on a split keyboard
;; that has the x on the left hand.
(keyboard-translate ?\C-p ?\C-x)
(keyboard-translate ?\C-x ?\C-p)

(define-minor-mode mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode
  "A minor mode for ergonomic key bindings."
  t " ergo-keys" 'mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode-map)

(mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode 1)

;; Disable ergo keybindings in minibuffer so they don't interfere. Mostly so it
;; doesn't interfere with C-s in iswitch-b-mode.
(defun mrenaud-ergo-minibuffer-setup-hook ()
  (mrenaud-ergo-minor-mode 0))

(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'mrenaud-ergo-minibuffer-setup-hook)

(provide 'mrenaud-ergo)