Re: Evaluating the cost to type something in vim

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 02:20:50PM -0600, Peng Yu wrote:
> Is there a tool to evaluate the least cost to type something in vim as
> accurately as possible? Thanks.

'cost' best can be measured with two variables: time and
keystrokes/mouse distance. for both there must be software to keep
record of typing time, the number of keystrokes and the distance and
number of clicks with a mouse.

I don't know of any comparisons that quantify the vim statement 'editing
with the speed of thought', but you could do a test with a few
writers/programmers to make quasi accurate, but comparable measurements.
just ask people to reproduce the same text/code with their favourite editor,
make measurements and then compare.

I think it is important to let your testers work with _their_ favourite
tool. that way you make use of their high(er) level skills, which should
give more accurate time/keystroke measurements on the long run. it is
not realistic to ask a Word user to try the same text in Vim, or ask a
profound Vimmer to use a GUI editor -- both get lost (the Word user will
never quit ;-)

will be a nice experiment, maybe you can ask more people over the net to
participate and make your 'n' bigger.

//meine

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