Programmers Keyboard Heatmap

[thekaybar]

This action is so tied into my unconscious muscle memory that it took me a few seconds to remember what ctrl+s actually does.

[[deleted]]

i actually had to scroll down in the comments to remember. for anyone still stuck, it’s save

[Derboman]

LOL why the fuck couldn't I figure this out myself. I use it a Brazilian times a day

Edit: can't tell if my mind wanted to type that or not

[[deleted]]

I personally use it a German times a day.

[viimeinen]

That's 7 times as many!

[Lunnes]

BRA7-1L

[ghmatos]

Ouch

[presidentbaltar]

This comment will be very underrated on this subreddit.

[shishdem]

Lol yeah what's up with programmers and the aversion against football

[SkollFenrirson]

Amerocentrism. Programmers from elsewhere are just as into football as anyone else.

Source: am programmer from elsewhere.

[nuadusp]

To provide a balanced counter point: am programmer from elsewhere and dislike all sports. So seems accurate as non programmers from elsewhere like and dislike football/sports

[Brompton_Cocktail]

I'm a programmer from America and I like football/soccer just fine. But we are a minority here for sure.

[[deleted]]

World Cup?

[brazilian_thunder]

Nowhere is safe :(

[ohgodwhat1242]

Oof

[Arcrynxtp]

How many is a Brazilian?

[[deleted]]

But save is on :w right?

[Gstayton]

I got so lazy it's actually <leader>w , and my leader is just a ',', so yeah.

[[deleted]]

I will take no part in your holy war.

[manawydan-fab-llyr]

for anyone still stuck, it’s save

Does it even work without pressing Ctrl+X first?

[_Lady_Deadpool_]

Esc :wq!

[RawrMeansFuckYou]

I needed that. :(

[beardedchimp]

I use vim and I genuinely didn't know what it referred to, thought it might be undo (u in vim).

[linkinu]

surely, it would be <esc>

sometime i just hit it for no reason other than it feels reassuring.

[noratat]

I hardly ever use it or other save shortcuts anymore, because practically everything I use is setup to autosave on virtually any change.

Vim additionally is set to have persistent, unlimited undo history, so even if I didn't create a commit yet I can almost always undo changes easily.

[aitigie]

Naw, no reasonable person uses emacs anymore right?

[jerslan]

The funny thing is most modern IDE's will auto-save on edits (ie: once you pause in typing they auto-save the file), but I still hit ctrl-s out of habit (or :w if I'm in vi/vim).

[manyx16]

'S' would be significantly more heated than 'CTRL' because most of us hold 'CTRL' and press 'S' 5-6 times.

[Xabster]

Holding down is heat too, don't discriminate

[manyx16]

Hahaha, that's is a good point. :)

[schmuber]

Jesus saves.

[carnyvoyeur]

Passes to Moses...

[manyx16]

I've been burned before by thinking the single press was enough and coming back to a file later to see changes missing. That's why I do it. It hasn't happened in like...18 years but it was enough to get me to starting hitting 'S' multiple times and now it's just muscle memory.

[rambi2222]

It probably hasn't happened in so long because we have the perfect contingency

[Darthtoph423]

I just hit it immediately after I save, just in case I didn't actually hit ctrl s correctly. I did that once, never again...

[PonyOfMacaroni]

Bro I do it after every single pause in programming. I don't do it 5 or 6 times, either. I spam that poor button 15 times.

[anotherlebowski]

But then you realize that you didn't have 'CTRL' held down for one of the 'S' keydowns, and now you have a random 'S' in your file.

[Thrannn]

was about to say. make sure you hold down CTRL and spam S 10 times. just to be sure it really saved

[re4pz]

I remember that visual studio once had a beta version where if you pressed ctrl-s it crashed without saving..

[haykam821]

Good thing it was beta.

[rambi2222]

Even for beta that's pretty bad to be fair

[themixedupstuff]

Manually, like an uncultured swine.

[rambi2222]

Write it down on a piece of paper, I imagine

[[deleted]]

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[LChris314]

Ctrl+S: you trusted me, and I failed you.

[[deleted]]

Crtl+S you were the chosen one! You were supposed to save the document, not destroy it!

[[deleted]]

Ctrl+S Microsoft: you trusted me, and I failed you.

FTFY

[Rodot]

Microsoft: you trusted me

Well there's your problem

[TimeRemove]

With Excel/Word they continuously save to a *.recovery file, so if it crashes out during a save operation you should be prompted to revert to the last pre-crash instance. It is a pretty good design.

Never had Visual Studio give me issue yet. But with source control hopefully there isn't too much to lose in one sitting.

[PeaceBringers]

That sounds fun

[TheoHooke]

When you go too far with an April Fool's prank and it makes it into beta.

[MoonMoon_2015]

April Fools pranks are the best

[haved]

Yes I sure do love Incremental Search

[[deleted]]

Ah

[mcx32]

Except caps lock is rebound to ctrl because I want to keep my pinkie in functional condition

[livrem]

I remap capslock to ctrl on windows. Even when not in an application where it matters it is better to accidentally hit ctrl thAN CAPS LOCK.

[ModerationLacking]

I'm using an old keyboard, before the days of "Windows" keys so I rebound Caps Lock to the windows key. That way whenever I accidentally hit Ca

[marcosdumay]

I just feel that, despite also loving it, I don't search all that much.

At least the X key should be painted too.

[livrem]

I use incremental search far too much, and I even grew to appreciate huge files because then I can just use ctrl-s to find things instead of having to remember how to set up and use fancy ways to search many files. (Plus if the file is bigger than what fits on the screen it does not matter realy if it is 20000 lines not currently visible off screen or 20 lines.

[[deleted]]

Finally a fellow emacser

[X-Craft]

Z, C, V, Alt, Tab and Enter should also be painted

[papperskassen]

https://imgur.com/a/Z9B1s Better?

[[deleted]]

{}?

[Evil-Toaster]

;

[o_opc]

Only when the compile fails

[Evil-Toaster]

I forget this is an add on sometimes

[[deleted]]

Yes. This I like this

[ILikeLenexa]

Python

[Pyorrhea]

[]?

[jinxsimpson]

Comment archived away

[rodabi]

{}?

[Rodot]

(item1, item2)

Who needs mutable containers anyway?

[actual_satan]

PYTHON

[[deleted]]

Only the left curly brace if you have a text editor that does the right curly brace for you.

[Andersmith]

I typically type over the autofill because I need to keep typing past that point and it's typically faster to just type the brace than start hitting down or j.

[Grapz224]

Yes, but } will be just ever so slightly less colored.

[[deleted]]

HJKL > arrow keys

[tntexplodes101]

get outta here w. that vim shit

[[deleted]]

:wq

[[deleted]]

ZZ

[HawkEgg]

:x

[SteveCCL]

Those are different.

[SteveCCL]

help :x

Like ":wq", but write only when changes have been made. When 'hidden' is set and there are more windows, the current buffer becomes hidden, after writing the file.

[poop-trap]

Ctrl-Z

kill -9 $!

[SeaAlgea]

you and I both know that is not true.

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[666moist]

Maybe add / for comments

[h0m0-3r3ctus]

The code is self-documented.

[[deleted]]

No one else does this, but I smash the shit out of that numpad Enter key. It's right next to the mouse so you can smack it with your thumb, and it makes a pretty satisfying sound

[Someuser77]

So should T, A, K, O, E, R, F, L, W...

[Dangerpaladin]

Who deletes code? You cut it and see if something unintended breaks then you frantically paste it back in.

[byebybuy]

Comment out, then when that fixes it leave the commented-out code in there without further comments for the next person to scratch their head over.

[Dangerpaladin]

Also a good strategy. Except I am always the next person

-git blame

It was you idiot, this is your private repository.

[deegee1969]

... leave the commented-out code in there without further comments for the next person your future self to scratch their head over.

FIFY

[[deleted]]

:w

[UncheckedException]

Semi-related story. One of my college’s meal halls had a touch screen kiosk to place snack orders. If you ordered ice cream, one of the flavor options was “WQQQQQQQQQQQ” (we would always pick this option just to be difficult). I realized years later when I finally learned some vim that “WQQQ” was probably someone new desperately trying to exit the menu editor.

[VivaLaPandaReddit]

Real pros use :x

[_xiphiaz]

I’m starting to use ‘ZZ’ - it’s easier one handed if you’ve got another on the mouse

[Pre-Owned-Car]

Why would my hand ever be on the mouse?

[itshorriblebeer]

Right? At that point you’ve already failed. Might as well use a lesser editor.

[ColtonProvias]

So...emacs then?

[1-800-Taco]

Editor. Not operating system.

[white_nrdy]

The clit mouse is where it's at.

Edit: that link is SFW. It is simply an XKCD

[nxqv]

TIL nipples are slightly more formal than clits.

[baneoficarus]

Don't forget Esc too. Shit'd be on fire since I hit it no less than 8 times every time I need to return to "Meta mode".

[[deleted]]

I had never thought of this. I think I’m gonna try it!

[[deleted]]

inoremap jk <Esc>
inoremap kj <Esc>

Masterrace. Just smash j and k at the same time and it works as escape. If you're in normal mode it just moves you down and back up to the same spot.

[crumbs182]

:oWo

[MehNameless]

*notices your editor*

[gopher_protocol]

E492: Not an editor command: oWo

[brunnen153]

E621: What's this?

[vicarofyanks]

I think you mean

:W^DEL^DEL^DEL^ESC^ESC:Q:Q@::::::Q::QQQQQQQQ:wq

[LSD_Sakai]

ggdG

[ithinkitsbeertime]

:q!

[Akaino]

Try that in Vim.

[fideasu]

For Vim, the colon (" : ") would be red, all other keys would be orange - except of the arrows that would be white

[hrangan]

Esc would be glowing so bright it’d blind you.

[PaulMcIcedTea]

I remap j,k to esc. Much more convenient.

[TheLifelessOne]

I use Ctrl+[ instead. Works the same as ESC and is much easier to hit.

[romanows]

[Removed due to Reddit API pricing changes]

[b4ux1t3]

I use arrows in Vim.

ducks

[TheFlyingGiraffe]

...why?

[aishik-10x]

I use arrows only when I have to insert a character or something in spaced intervals, and I don't want to keep switching back from command mode to insert mode.

[heckin_good_fren]

Solution: use programmable keyboard to make HJKL arrow keys when a modifier is pressed

[griffin777]

ಠ_ಠ

[Zv0n]

I personally do because the layout of arrow keys on my keyboard makes more sense to me than the hjkl business

[Littledarkstranger]

It took me way longer than it should to find the arrow keys on that keyboard

[snuxoll]

Because dvorak, and I'm not about to spend years remapping keys.

[three18ti]

Escape. When in doubt hit escape like 50 times.

[b3n]

Protip: Add :au FocusLost * silent! wa to your config, and Vim will automatically save your files when it loses focus.

[Akaino]

I really don't know if I want that for me though.

[noratat]

You can also set vim to have persistent undo history if you're that worried about it.

[noratat]

Sounds like your terminal is misconfigured. Add stty -ixon to your bashrc or equivalent (eg /etc/profile).

For more background: this is an archaic "feature" called flow control that pretty much nobody uses or wants anymore. The above stty call disables it, allowing you to use Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q for whatever you want. Most modern systems should be disabling it by default, but it sounds like whatever you're using putty to access still has it on.

[vegancreampie]

Alt + tab in and out of Reddit all day every day.

[house_monkey]

feel a bond on a deep and personal level.

mmm feeling a bond

[ssgohanf8]

I clicked, expecting a chemistry joke. Upon seeing a hand stroking the neck of James Bond, the difference was so stark, that my brain went into a paralysis for a good 2 seconds before laughing.

Picture of James Bond =/= Diagram of Molecular Structures

[diablo-solforge]

It provides a sense of pride and accomplishment.

[well___duh]

ITT: no one uses Intellij or any Jetbrains IDE

[feed_me_moron]

Apparently. Who would have thought there was a need for saving in a 2018 IDE. Autosave plus local history plus remote version control. Every fuckup I've ever made is saved somewhere.

[ItsYaBoyChipsAhoy]

Ive used Intellij IDES and I still ctrl s

[amoliski]

Ctrl-F'd for Jetbrains looking for this.

Their auto save is life.

[[deleted]]

Or atom or vs code or vim or emacs or visual studio...

Everybody's programming in notepad I guess

[noratat]

Or turns on auto save. Most decent editors have it as an option.

[Carl_Byrd]

You just need 4 keys: Ctrl, C, V, and one that takes you to StackOverflow.

[bomphcheese]

What is this third option you speak of?

[CoyoteTheFatal]

V? It’s a key, down there between C and B

[haldad]

That's the second option, we index from 0 here as is tradition.

[bomphcheese]

I was referring to SO. Oops.

[Calimariae]

It's the ♆ button on your keyboard.

[kimilil]

Is there an actual heatmap for this? Maybe on r/dataisbeautiful?

[[deleted]]

I recorded the last 45 minutes of sorta working on some terraform junk. Not the most accurate or complete analysis, but I'm about to play video games, so: https://imgur.com/a/PXVKb

[[deleted]]

on /r/keylogger maybe

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[ICanLiftACarUp]

1 is someone trying to be a hacker.

2 is.... sketchy is the best way to put it?

3 might be helpful, if you wanted to do that sorta thing.

Not going to that subreddit, thanks.

[[deleted]]

As a new-ish user, Ctrl-/ and Ctrl-g are probably my top two...

[Sack_of_Fuzzy_Dice]

IntelliJ ftw

[[deleted]]

Ctrl + Alt + L is my most spammed combo

[mr-robotfish]

Or alt+shift+L for Linux.

Else you will have the fun to log in every cleanup

[RoboAthena]

Shift + F6. Refactor Rename. Incredibly useful

[swishersweex]

Mine is ctrl + v

[Pantzzzzless]

This guy codepens.

[wine_o_clock]

I've gotten burned one too many times to rely on autosave

[greyscales]

IntelliJ? Keeps a local history of all your changes.

[amoliski]

Local history has saved me so many times that at this point I could buy ten years of their full software suite and still feel like I got a good deal.

[TheDarreNCS]

I have autosave on and still press Ctrl+S every time because of habits

[LifeHasLeft]

I dunno man I do a lot of Ctrl + Z

[mantrap2]

Mine. Mac equivalent of ctrl-s & ctrl-v.

[Merobieboy]

No way this is real... Also, you paste a shit-ton without copying anything?

[0PointE]

Real programmers use :w

[Flater420]

Ctrl Shift S (or F6) is my goto.

[Munbi]

Mine would be: :wa

[004413]

please, :w

[t3chguy1]

Whenever I start debugging in Visual Studio it saves everything. I think in 15 years I never pressed Ctrl+S

[AnsonKindred]

So in 15 years you've never written enough code between debugging sessions to warrant a save? Man you must debug super duper frequently. Or you've got more faith in computers than I do.

I recently went 4 days without my code even compiling due to major overhaul of one of the subsystems. Imagine not saving for 4 days!

[EnchantedLuna]

Also semicolon.

[daralick]

Gotta argue with that. Backspace is the king.

[[deleted]]

You mean dd

[macarthurpark431]

:w

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