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> Don’t use arrow keys and mouse No.
by mathfailure 2y ago
> Don’t use arrow keys and mouse
No.
- allarm 2y agoThanks for your valuable input.
- ykonstant 2y agoYup; this is an extremely silly thing to say. First of all, people have arrow keys muscle memory from all other programs. Saying "dump it" is as obnoxious as it is stupid; it only makes enemies and gives a false impression of Vim's power. Secondly, the mouse provides the fastest method of random access on the screen; even things like EasyMotion only barely reach mouse speed. Such nonsense gives the idea that Vim "should not" be used with a mouse, which again misrepresents Vim.
- allarm 2y agoYou know, when you learn something new you don't necessarily dump the previous experience. Also it took me just around an hour to get used to hjkl back then, why there's so much moaning about it?
- Repulsion9513 2y agoI would generally argue that mouse is slower. If your hand is already on the mouse it is faster but the act of moving your hand to the mouse introduces quite a bit of latency. I can type a few keystrokes (which is usually all that it takes to move within the screen) in the time that it takes to move my hand to the mouse and locate the cursor... (But if you want to use a mouse, use a mouse! Choice is amazing!)
- camgunz 2y agoNah, if I see something on screen I want to go to, I type /thing_I_want_to_go_to<enter>. I finish that before I would even touch the mouse with my palm (or touchpad with my fingers) because I never have to leave home row.
- bastardoperator 2y agoDevelop new muscle memory, having to move your hand off the home row to the arrow keys is an absolute waste, god help the people using a pinky finger. Secondly, I would argue disabling the mouse in vim is commonplace.