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I am also not sure if I was really that much faster, because I often had to look up stuff like how to skip a word and so on. But that is the reason that I love
by BrandonM 18y ago
I am also not sure if I was really that much faster, because I often had to look up stuff like how to skip a word and so on.
But that is the reason that I love it in vim. Because of the lack of mouse support and the powerful ways to move around in Normal mode, learning the different movement commands is a must. Then, when you go to build macros, you're using the same commands you always do.
- Tichy 18y agoHow long do you reckon would it take learn the commands? I wouldn't mind being good at that... Edit: I am suddenly intrigued to learn Vim. Is there a mode for editing MZScheme? Or what is the best way to program MZScheme with Vim? Ruby on Rails would also be of interest. JavaScript?
- BrandonM 18y agoI'm still learning more commands, actually. h j k l w b { and } are some good ones to start with, and then once you find yourself using those all the time, you can pull out a vim cheat sheat and learn some more, like e ( ) # and *, and so on... I have not yet found a language that doesn't have a vim mode, at least in my Gentoo installation. This includes HTML, CSS, Lisp, C, Python, Xorg.conf, various Gentoo system files, httpd.conf, and anything else I've seen.