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Calling something vi like is either naivete or a really high praise. Can you elaborate please how it helps you be productive?
by fxfan 8y ago
Calling something vi like is either naivete or a really high praise. Can you elaborate please how it helps you be productive?
- zmmmmm 8y agoThe productivity part is that it binds single keys directly (without meta keys like control, alt etc) to actions, so working with it is extremely fluid, almost like typing. There is almost nothing I need menus or gui buttons for, so I never have to take my eyes off the work. I often work with one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse and I just get into a flow where I have completely forgotten the human / computer interface exists. It's hard to describe, but certain tools are designed this way and I love them, other tools are designed great for beginners to learn them but you can never achieve the above.
- samstave 8y agoAre you setting your own mappings? If so - where are they kept and can you share yours?
- fxfan 8y agoThat sounds cool. Given that you use vim- I assume you're a programmer too- what do you use inkscape for?
- allannienhuis 8y agoSvg icons,I expect.
- zmmmmm 8y agoI used to use it a lot for icons etc. but now I need to publish technical diagrams, which always need to be in PDF form and often include elements that are created programmatically as SVG. So Inkscape is ideal to work up the finished figure for publication.
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