I've been trying my hand at mnemonics, with some pretty funny results, as well as some unintentionally good ones, like "warp" for full-screen ace-jumping.
(defvar lalopmak-evil-mnemonic-hintstring "Mnemonic (less descriptive) hints for lalop's colemak-evil configuration.  Accessed via: :mnemonic
To dismiss: retype one of the above commands or press q in the buffer.
Normal mode:
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|~ Case     |! ExtFlt>  |@ PlyMcr·  |#  <-=     |$  ->|     |% GoMatch  |^  <--     |+ Next<--  |[ Rep :s   |]  =->     |( |<-Sent  |) Sent->|  |_ LastLin  |
|` Go Mk·   |1          |2          |3          |4          |5          |6          |= Format>  |7          |8          |9          |0  |<-     |- TopLine  |
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|           |           |◀--FindChar|FindChar--▶|           |           |           |           |           | PasteAbove|           |           |           |
|  NextTab  |           |WinCmd     |FloatRegion|RePractcing| Abort Cmd |           |  ▲        |   WORD    |  ▲  ScrlUp|   WORD    |           |  GoMk·|<  |
| <TAB>     |Quash State|WarpTilChar|FndTilNbyCh|           | EOF/GotoLn|{          |  ❚        |Back2Indent|  |  5Char |   EOL     |; z-Cmd·   |\" SetReg·  |
|ExpdSnippet|Quash Char |WarpToChar |FndNrbyChar|JusPractcng|Go Commands|[          |  ❚  PageUp|   word    |  |  Char  |   word    |: z-Cmd·   |' RunMacro |
|           |     Q     |     W     |     F     |     P     |     G     |           |     J     |  ◀▬▬▬ L   |     U     |   Y ▬▬▬▶  |           |           |
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 Meta-----> | Block Area|           |           |RptFindChar|           |           |           | PasteAtBOL| PasteBelow| PasteAtEOL|           |           |
 Ctrl-----> | All Area  | Redo      |  Search   |           |  DelWord  |           |  ❚        |   =<Dn>   |  |  ScrlDn|   =<Tab>  |           |           |
 Shift----> | Area Line | Insert BOL|SucceedLine|TrnsfmToEOL||D Del->|  ||          |  ❚        |   5Char   |  |  5Char |   5Char   |           || GoCol1   |
 Normal---> |   Area    | Insert    |  Succeed  | Transform |  Delete>  |\  Indent  |  ▼  PgDown|   Char    |  ▼  Char  |   Char    |  JumpOver |\\: (usr)·  |
 Ltr/Direc->|     A     |  ◀--R     |     S--▶  |     T     |     D     |           |     H     |  ◀--- N   |     E     |   I ---▶  |     O     |           |
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            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
            |           |           |           | Paste-Pop |           |           |           |           |           |           |    · = char arg.
            |ZigZag Up  | Cut To EOL| Copy Line |  <-Paste  | Find File | ? <-Find§ |RpetFndBkwd|  Set Mk·  | < ◀-Dedent| > Indent-▶|    > = move arg.
            |ZigZag Down|   Cut->   |  Copy >   |  Paste->  |  Buffers  | / Find§-> |Repeat Find|CreateMacro| ,         | .         |
            |     Z     |     X     |     C     |     V     |     B     |           |     K     |     M     |           |           |                        
            +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
====Text Object Triggers====
r = inner = 'reduced' 
s = outer = 'spread'   
z = surround = zurround?
====Text Objects====
The usual (w)ord,(W)ORD,(s)entence,(p)aragraph still work.
u = paragraph = 'ubiquity'
e = sentence = 'entry'
n = word = 'nearby'
i = WORD = 'interconnected word' / 'interword'
y = sYmbol
")
Any suggestions would be appreciated.  For reference, the default-named chart: 
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|~ Case     |! ExtFlt>  |@ PlyMcr·  |#  <-=     |$  ->|     |% GoMatch  |^  <--     |+ Next<--  |[ Rep :s   |]  =->     |( |<-Sent  |) Sent->|  |_ LastLin  |
|` Go Mk·   |1          |2          |3          |4          |5          |6          |= Format>  |7          |8          |9          |0  |<-     |- TopLine  |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|           |           |◀--FindChar|FindChar--▶|           |           |           |           |           | PasteAbove|           |           |           |
|  NextTab  |           |WinCmd     |ExpndRegion|   Redo    | Abort Cmd |           |  ▲        |   WORD    |  ▲  ScrlUp|   WORD    |           |  GoMk·|<  |
| <TAB>     |  RepState |JmpCharTill|JmpNbyChTil|           | EOF/GotoLn|{          |  ❚        |Back2Indent|  |  5Char |   EOL     |; z-Cmd·   |\" SetReg·  |
|ExpdSnippet|  Replace  |AceJumpChar|JmpNrbyChar|   Undo    |Go Commands|[          |  ❚  PageUp|   word    |  |  Char  |   word    |: z-Cmd·   |' RunMacro |
|           |     Q     |     W     |     F     |     P     |     G     |           |     J     |  ◀▬▬▬ L   |     U     |   Y ▬▬▬▶  |           |           |
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 Meta-----> |SelectBlock|           |           |RptFindChar|           |           |           | PasteAtBOL| PasteBelow| PasteAtEOL|           |           |
 Ctrl-----> |Select All | Redo      | Search    |           |  DelWord  |           |  ❚        |   =<Dn>   |  |  ScrlDn|   =<Tab>  |  JmpOldr  |           |
 Shift----> |Select Line| Insert BOL| Append EOL|ChangeLine ||D Del->|  ||          |  ❚        |   5Char   |  |  5Char |   5Char   |           || GoCol1   |
 Normal---> |  Select   | Insert    | Append    |  Change   |  Delete>  |\  Indent  |  ▼  PgDown|   Char    |  ▼  Char  |   Char    |AceJumpLine|\\: (usr)·  |
 Ltr/Direc->|     A     |  ◀--R     |     S--▶  |     T     |     D     |           |     H     |  ◀--- N   |     E     |   I ---▶  |     O     |           |
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            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
            |           |           |           | Paste-Pop |           |           |           |           |           |           |    · = char arg.
            |  OpenUp   | Cut To EOL| Copy Line |  <-Paste  | Find File | ? <-Find§ |RpetFndBkwd|  Set Mk·  | < ◀-Dedent| > Indent-▶|    > = move arg.
            |  OpenDn   |   Cut->   |  Copy >   |  Paste->  |  Buffers  | / Find§-> |Repeat Find|CreateMacro| ,         | .         |
            |     Z     |     X     |     C     |     V     |     B     |           |     K     |     M     |           |           |                        
            +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
 I am also experimenting with a more minimal "mnemonic" mapping whose primary goal is to keep vim's default mnemonics intact.  You can try those by instead (require 'lalopmak-evil-mnemonic).
However, the comparatively awkward positions are getting to me: 
Change is at such a weird key for something I use all the time
You can't easily navigate forward or backward word with the awkward w/b
Combining those, a very common pattern for me is change-[forward/backward word], which is awkward with c-w while terrible with c-b.
There seems to be no one-fingered way to browse large vertical distances.
Deprovement of several "shift letters" relative to colemak-evil-like style.  v is very commonly shifted, and an awkward reach compared to colemak-evil's a.  Ditto for undo (z vs u), though admittedly the use of redo for shift there is arbitrary.  In the case of my particular layout, r/s (insert/append) also benefit a little from this (relative to default and colemak-evil, respectively).
And that's not even getting into the colemak-specific issues (redundant replace/substitute right next to each other, endword taking up prime real estate while the arrow keys are displaced - I got rid of endword to move some back).  All in all, I'm not convinced it's worth it.
						
								Last edited by lalop (12-Aug-2013 19:36:26)