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Single-letter commands have a clear meaning once you have learned enough of Vim. https://stackoverflow.com/a/7411851/546861 https://stackoverflow.com/a/7411851/
by johncoltrane 3y ago
Single-letter commands have a clear meaning once you have learned enough of Vim. https://stackoverflow.com/a/7411851/546861 https://stackoverflow.com/a/7411851/546861
> Like, is it word forward or word backwards? W doesn't tell you.
W doesn't have to tell you anything. W being the reverse of w is a grammar rule that is supposed to be learned and internalized, like the other grammar rules (count, etc.).
> So if you're used to qwerty W it makes perfect sense to keep the much stronger muscle memory intact when switching layouts and use non-W in the same spot
No. What would make perfect sense would be to retrain your muscle memory around your new layout.
- eviks 3y agoThe clear meaning of "h only makes sense on the keyboard used by vi's author" is that it's meaningless for everyone but the vi's author. And "once you've learned enough" is self-fulfilling for any set W is not the reverse of w in my comment once you read that it's about direction And it makes no sense to go through the great pain of retraining when you can't explain the benefit