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Just to contrast, as somebody that's a novice-to-intermediate vim user, I really like this so far. The action verb model feels like it mirrors how I think when

Just to contrast, as somebody that's a novice-to-intermediate vim user, I really like this so far. The action verb model feels like it mirrors how I think when using vim, so at first blush, for me at least, it feels like a good fit. I don't know enough about Emacs to compare there, though.

SoftwareMaven 14y ago
It may be that muscle memory in editors is created like this: 1. Identify a problem 2. Think what I need to do to fix it 3. Decide what keys I need to press 4. Direct fingers to press keys And that gets shortened eventually to: 1. Identify a problem 2. Direct fingers to press keys If that is the case, then this might be a really good first step towards that process. I would certainly not look to me for that initial feedback. Perhaps if I could try more complex things (that I don't have current muscle memory for), I would find it incredibly useful. Either way, getting better at using your tools is always a good thing.
- commandar 14y ago
  That's actually a very good description of my experience learning vim so far. It starts off being a very conscious set of actions when first learning a new command -- e.g., "I want to change the word under the cursor... cw" -- before becoming something that happens subconsciously as I become more familiar with a set of commands. Where this site at least appears to work well is that once I started to understand vim commands as verbs and nouns, I started seeing actions as sentences. The drills here seem to reinforce that sentence structure type approach. I can see it being less useful for somebody that is familiar enough with their editor thatt it's already become a mostly subconscious process. While I'm comfortable using vim for the most part, I'm very far from a high level of proficiency with it.

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Just to contrast, as somebody that's a novice-to-intermediate vim user, I really like this so far. The action verb model feels like it mirrors how I think when

by commandar 14y ago

SoftwareMaven 14y ago
It may be that muscle memory in editors is created like this: 1. Identify a problem 2. Think what I need to do to fix it 3. Decide what keys I need to press 4. Direct fingers to press keys And that gets shortened eventually to: 1. Identify a problem 2. Direct fingers to press keys If that is the case, then this might be a really good first step towards that process. I would certainly not look to me for that initial feedback. Perhaps if I could try more complex things (that I don't have current muscle memory for), I would find it incredibly useful. Either way, getting better at using your tools is always a good thing.
- commandar 14y ago
  That's actually a very good description of my experience learning vim so far. It starts off being a very conscious set of actions when first learning a new command -- e.g., "I want to change the word under the cursor... cw" -- before becoming something that happens subconsciously as I become more familiar with a set of commands. Where this site at least appears to work well is that once I started to understand vim commands as verbs and nouns, I started seeing actions as sentences. The drills here seem to reinforce that sentence structure type approach. I can see it being less useful for somebody that is familiar enough with their editor thatt it's already become a mostly subconscious process. While I'm comfortable using vim for the most part, I'm very far from a high level of proficiency with it.