> Of course I can do all this stuff and more without even consciously thinking about it using a mouse. One of the reasons vi/vim is so much faster for me is th

> Of course I can do all this stuff and more without even consciously thinking about it using a mouse. One of the reasons vi/vim is so much faster for me is that there isn't a need to move between the mouse and keyboard with the requisite hand/eye/mouse/re-home coordination. Yes the key combos are bizarre, but so is the querty keyboard layout for that matter. Once you learn it, your fingers act as a direct connection between your brain and the editor. A mouse can't do that.