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Ok, I edited a file in a meaningful way and tried to decipher the process (actually it become more of a normal workflow more than editing a file). The thing is

Ok, I edited a file in a meaningful way and tried to decipher the process (actually it become more of a normal workflow more than editing a file). The thing is I switch all the time between vim and my terminal (it's complicated by let's say I mainly use one terminal tab for everything I'm currently writing) so using the home row I would have to switch all the time between home row and arrows when using the terminal (and other programs) (I guess I could add vim bindings to every single thing I use: web browser, terminal emulator, pry, irb, tmux, etc etc. but doesn't seem appealing to me). The escape key isn't an issue either because I don't use the home row, so no need to remap that too. I think this misconception comes from the manual pushing people to use the home row. I don't claim I'm the fastest writer ever, but there are a lot of compromises I'm not willing to make (I could use vim tabs/windows, I could use Ctrl-D to switch files, I could use GVim, have the main files always open, etc.). I'm pretty sure everyone works differently and this workflow works very well for me. What I don't like is this constant shaming of arrow vim users and people that keep saying it's only for beginners (and the manual pushing people to use the home row).

u801e 8y ago
> The thing is I switch all the time between vim and my terminal (it's complicated by let's say I mainly use one terminal tab for everything I'm currently writing) so using the home row I would have to switch all the time between home row and arrows when using the terminal Starting with version 8.0, vim has a :terminal command which will open a new split window with a terminal. You can switch between the terminal and other vim windows using ctrl-w j, ctrl-w k, etc. You can enter normal mode in the terminal using the ctrl-w N key combination. In normal mode, you can scroll back and copy text into a vim register of your choice (default is "). Then you can either paste it in another window like you normally would, or you can paste it in your terminal by pressing i to return to terminal insert mode and pressing ctrl-w " " (where the second " is the name of the register that contains the yanked text you want to paste).
jonS90 8y ago
It might be worth learning the readline keybindings. They are supported rather ubiquitously in all terminal shells (including REPLs and SQL prompts and such). If you use MacOS they are supported across the entire OS. You can also adopt these keybindings inside vim with the tpope/vim-rsi plugin. This approach has been quite effective in my experience. http://readline.kablamo.org/emacs.html http://readline.kablamo.org/emacs.html
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fwip 8y ago
Are you a touch typer?

u801e 8y ago

> The thing is I switch all the time between vim and my terminal (it's complicated by let's say I mainly use one terminal tab for everything I'm currently writing) so using the home row I would have to switch all the time between home row and arrows when using the terminal Starting with version 8.0, vim has a :terminal command which will open a new split window with a terminal. You can switch between the terminal and other vim windows using ctrl-w j, ctrl-w k, etc. You can enter normal mode in the terminal using the ctrl-w N key combination. In normal mode, you can scroll back and copy text into a vim register of your choice (default is "). Then you can either paste it in another window like you normally would, or you can paste it in your terminal by pressing i to return to terminal insert mode and pressing ctrl-w " " (where the second " is the name of the register that contains the yanked text you want to paste).

jonS90 8y ago

It might be worth learning the readline keybindings. They are supported rather ubiquitously in all terminal shells (including REPLs and SQL prompts and such). If you use MacOS they are supported across the entire OS. You can also adopt these keybindings inside vim with the tpope/vim-rsi plugin. This approach has been quite effective in my experience. http://readline.kablamo.org/emacs.html http://readline.kablamo.org/emacs.html

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fwip 8y ago

Are you a touch typer?