Sunday, January 30, 2011

Re: Typing numbers

In the spirit of this thread, I'll bite...

Chris said:
> There's only so much can fit under my skull..

I don't believe that limit is relevant; there's only a few hundred vim
commands, if you use them you'll remember them.

> ... and I prefer to stick with a limited subset of keyboard actions
> that may not be the quickest and most efficient for all occasions..
> but that I can use without hesitation or incurring any overhead
> rememberiing.

Use more commands often enough and you'll use them without hesitation
also.

> Clever is not always better..

True, but vim really rewards being open to cleverness. From
http://www.moolenaar.net/habits.html:
"If you think like this, you will get stuck in the stone age of
computing. Some people use Notepad for everything, and then wonder why
other people get their work done in half the time... "

Read the rest of that article for some balance on this.

Regards, John

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