Re: Is there a tool that can compute how many keystrokes are need to modify a file to another?

Peng Yu wrote:

> I'm wondering if there is a tool that can roughly estimate how many
> keystrokes (in vim) are needed to modify a file to another.

'diff -e' does that: it outputs an 'ed' script (see 'man diff').
So the lengh of 'diff -e' output gives you the number of
keystrokes.

Of course, it won't give you the minimal number of keystrokes
in Vim. Finding the minimal number of keystrokes would be
quite a challenge.

-- Dominique

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