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>I don't think what commands I want to execute. I think where I want to get in the file or what should the text look like, and then the logic behind the structu
by ice109 9y ago
>I don't think what commands I want to execute. I think where I want to get in the file or what should the text look like, and then the logic behind the structure of vi/Vim commands takes me there.
this is gibberish unless vim comes with some sort of spinal cord dongle. either it's muscle memory or thinking but you still have to have practiced the keystrokes.
- antoinealb 9y agoMuscle memory is not using some brain power as the GP says. Once you are used to it (2-3 weeks), it feels very natural, I think "Oh I need to change the end of this sentence" and my fingers will take me there. It really is an extension of touch typing.
- pweissbrod 9y agoGee I got to the point of feeling natural after 2-3 months...
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- savanaly 9y agoHe's describing how it feels to be a good vim user, not how it works in reality. A great tennis player might say "I don't think about how to hit the ball, I just think about where I want it to go and it goes there", and that would be reasonable. Then you come in and say no that's gibberish, unless he has a spinal cord dongle hooked up to a robot that hits it for him, he has to be thinking about doing the actions, they're not automatic after all!
- OJFord 9y agoDo you think about each key you want to press to type a sentence? I expect not. Vim, for those that use it, is merely an extension of that.
- type0 9y ago> unless vim comes with some sort of spinal cord dongle cerebellum is largely responsible for your muscle memory but premotor cortex stll needs to initialize those commands (what keys to press) then the cerebellum adjusts the precision i.e touch-typing part of it guess...