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The screeching brakes sound of context switches in Vim is not more "efficient" than just pressing a key combination to perform whichever transformation on text
by yarrel 13y ago
The screeching brakes sound of context switches in Vim is not more "efficient" than just pressing a key combination to perform whichever transformation on text you wish to effect in Emacs.
I use Emacs to edit text, and I have limbs I'd rather lose than have to perform that task with Vim's airbag in my face.
- jlgreco 13y ago> Vim is not more "efficient" than just pressing a key combination Vim and Emacs both use key combinations... Vim's just require fewer fingers at once. You type Vim key combinations as you would type words in a language with a latin alphabet.
- NotOscarWilde 13y agoI think a lot of features -- especially if you want them accessible inside INSERT mode -- are accessible through CTRL+letter, no? At least omni-completion, the most useful one, used to be when I last tried it. (Has that changed? I'm not doing much editing in vim these days, so I may be wrong.)
- jlgreco 13y agoAny command that I can think of can be mapped to work while in insertion mode. The key however is understanding that if you are insertion mode, then key sequences start with the escape key, or, insertion commands are completed with the escape key. There is no "context switching". No more-so then having to press ctrl along with the rest of your key sequence in Emacs is "context switching".