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- From: wyle@synopsys.com (Mitch Wyle)
- Newsgroups: comp.editors
- Subject: Re: Why I love VI
- Summary: don't move char-at-a-time
- Keywords: vi, speed, powern
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.042842.13443@Synopsys.Com>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 04:28:42 GMT
- References: <fortony.713578408@murphy> <4#4mt_p.messina@netcom.com> <z551H51m=8@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Sender: usenet@Synopsys.Com
- Organization: Synopsys, Inc.
- Lines: 31
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- In <z551H51m=8@atlantis.psu.edu> barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
- >In <4#4mt_p.messina@netcom.com> messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
- >>fortony@sonne.cso.uiuc.edu responds to Barbara Vaughan:
- [...]
- >>
- >>>I only type around 130 wpm, but I guarantee that I with vi can outperform
- >>>anyone using one of those silly mouse or F-key editors as long as they
- >>>type less than 150 wpm.
- >>
- [...]
- >your fingers to do what you want. I don't buy the "remembering
- >stupid commands" line. 95% of editing is rudimentary. (move
- >cursor, delete, insert, copy.) For me, it's not my memory that
- >slows me down, but rather the complexity and physical awkwardness
- >of the keystrokes.
- [...]
- >After that, you can just spend your time perfecting the
- >remaining 5% of your editor.
-
- Moving from char-at-a-time entity commands for cursor movement, yanking,
- deleting, and other functions to word, sentence, paragraph, section,
- matching brace, or symbolic (find string) type commands for the same
- purpose is fundamental to improving one's use of an editor.
- Making larger mental chunks for edit tasks, such as using (e.g. in vi)
- commands such as y}Gp without thinking much about the task is more
- important than differences in typing speed.
-
- Bringing users' skill levels beyond the bare essentials in *any* editor
- is sadly neglected.
-
- Peace,
-