Re: ios vim and plugins

On Feb 19, 2013, at 1:53 PM, Chris Lott <chris@chrislott.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Eric Weir <eeweir@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I gather "typing fast" is important to programmers, at least to some. As a writer, "typing fast" is not important. The critical thing is how fast is my thinking. If I'm writing something that requires thought, if writing is thinking, the thinking is often slower than the typing. At least for me. Actually, being forced to "type slow" can improve the thinking.
>
> You have me wrong there. I am a writer, not a programmer. I use Vim
> almost exclusively for prose and poetry. For the former, a cursor that
> lags significantly behind my typing is frustrating because I type as
> close to the speed of my thoughts as I can. It's very rare that I find
> myself typing something in which my thought moves slower than my
> ability to type.
>
> *My* process involves handwriting for the slow writing.

My apologies for assuming you we're a programmer. -;) And I understand now where you're coming from when you complain about the keyboard being "slow." I'd be disconcerted by that, too.

And on "speed of thought" vs."speed of typing," there are lots of pauses in my writing. Often I am figuring it out word by word. (Or, as Anne Lamott would have it, "Bird by Bird.")

> My point is this: the bluetooth keyboard works EVERYWHERE except with
> Vim. There's no good reason for that and no good reason it hasn't been
> examined at all nearly a year after multiple reports. This isn't some
> obscure accessory! But as long as it is *that* laggy, I won't find it
> useful.

You might give the virtual keyboard more of an opportunity to prove itself. It's definitely faster than a laggy keyboard, but if the keyboard's not a problem with whatever other editors you're using, you might not be interested in that.

Regards,

Eric Weir
eeweir@bellsouth.net
Decatur, GA. USA

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