> Vim's hjkl make sense as you start using the tool. tmux's Ctrl-B for a prefix doesn't make sense, so that leads to remapping.

Hmm, I'm still confused:

* How do Vim's hjkl start to make sense? They've always seemed arbitrary. 'l' should stand for 'left', but it takes me right!

* How is a different keyboard shortcut less confusing than ctrl-b. They all seem arbitrary. You remapped it to ctrl-a. Maybe you were used to GNU Screen?

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EPendragon 5 days ago | parent [-]

hjkl are where your fingers land and supposed to stay on keyboard (well almost). This puts you in a position to use the rest of the keyboard fast.

Ctrl-B is a mechanically more difficult key binding than Ctrl-A.

	▲	akkartik 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Ok, I understand now. When you say "make sense" you're thinking just about the mechanical ease of acquiring a key. That's fair.