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In a dumb Editor: 1. Ctrl-shift-Right to select (1 or 3) 2. Ctrl-C copy (1 or 2) 3. Ctrl-H Open replace dialog box (1 or 2) 4. Ctrl-V Paste the old (1

In a dumb Editor: 1. Ctrl-shift-Right to select (1 or 3) 2. Ctrl-C copy (1 or 2) 3. Ctrl-H Open replace dialog box (1 or 2) 4. Ctrl-V Paste the old (1 or 2) 5. Tab (1) 6. A_NEW_WORD (10) 7. Enter (1) 8. Replace (1) x10 (or Tab + replaceAll == 2) 9. Escape (1) ------------- Total 27 or 32 That >80% Better. On an intelligent IDE: 1. Right Click Key (1) 2. R - to choose refactor (1) 3. R - Rename (1) 4. A_NEW_WORD (10) 5. Enter (1) ---------------- Total: 14 I still want to learn Vim, because I somehow find it 'artistic'. There is some inherent beauty in Vi that I would love to be a part of. Unfortunately, the learning curve is fairly steep and the fear of losing productivity for 2 weeks is too huge. I still use vi for small changes, but for coding I find eclipse a more useful tool.

Ideka 15y ago
You forgot to take the conversion rate between clicks and keystrokes into account. c = (k.d.t.r) / 13333337 Where: c = click k = keystroke d = distance in centimeters between the "J" key and mouse t = area to be clicked in pixels² r = screen resolution in pixels²
- mayanksinghal 15y ago
  There are no clicks, the Right Click Key on keyboard is just too awesome! :)
sirclueless 15y ago
There's another giant advantage to renaming in an IDE over a text editor: You can be sure not to clobber any other variable/method references. Here's an example, I want to change the name of my MyClass.Execute() method to something more descriptive. In an IDE, I right click and rename and I'm done. In vim or other plaintext editors this is practically impossible without manually inspecting each call-site. Is "foo.Execute()" a reference to MyClass.Execute() or YourOtherClass.Execute()? Without actually parsing the program it's tough to know. I love using vim, and I'm getting better at it the more I use it, but this is one of the major productivity drains I encounter that an IDE does way better.

Ideka 15y ago

You forgot to take the conversion rate between clicks and keystrokes into account. c = (k.d.t.r) / 13333337 Where: c = click k = keystroke d = distance in centimeters between the "J" key and mouse t = area to be clicked in pixels² r = screen resolution in pixels²

mayanksinghal 15y ago
There are no clicks, the Right Click Key on keyboard is just too awesome! :)

sirclueless 15y ago

There's another giant advantage to renaming in an IDE over a text editor: You can be sure not to clobber any other variable/method references. Here's an example, I want to change the name of my MyClass.Execute() method to something more descriptive. In an IDE, I right click and rename and I'm done. In vim or other plaintext editors this is practically impossible without manually inspecting each call-site. Is "foo.Execute()" a reference to MyClass.Execute() or YourOtherClass.Execute()? Without actually parsing the program it's tough to know. I love using vim, and I'm getting better at it the more I use it, but this is one of the major productivity drains I encounter that an IDE does way better.