> But it's not just music software: pretty much all the joys I've listed can be used to explain people getting so into learning Vim or Emacs. Eh, the reason wh

> But it's not just music software: pretty much all the joys I've listed can be used to explain people getting so into learning Vim or Emacs. Eh, the reason why I'm into modal editing is precisely that it doesn't require much chording. That's also why I've configured my keyboard to write all the ascii printable symbols without chording, and shift is sticky so I don't need to chord it to write a capital I. I could imagine having a handful of simple chords, but not much more. The problem I see with chording is that it imposes timing restrictions that allow room for misinterpretation when you're typing things too quickly. And generally I find it more difficult & tense to press more than one key simultaneously.