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Learning vim is like learning Kung Fu, you practice the same awkward route motions until they're so natural that you don't even notice you're doing them. Sadly,
by vonkow 11y ago
Learning vim is like learning Kung Fu, you practice the same awkward route motions until they're so natural that you don't even notice you're doing them. Sadly, it's not a quick process, but it's worth it.
- lottin 11y agoIt's true. It made me develop an automatic reflex to hit the Esc key every time after inserting a couple of characters, even when I wasn't using vi at all. It was pretty annoying. Imagine typing a document in Word and pressing Esc constantly. Fortunately I switched to Emacs and the reflex went away.
- MarcScott 11y agoBut don't you find yourself hitting C-a to go to the beginning of a line and then insert a line break, then inadvertently deleting everything on the page. As an Emacs user, I do this all the time.
- sodifoiu 11y agoOne nice thing about OSX is that some emacs movements work in most programs. C-a, C-e, C-n, C-p, C-k, C-y (kill yank not quite the same) Edit: C-f and C-b too Edit 2: Just checked and word is not one of these programs :(
- sea6ear 11y agoHere's a link to add Emacs keybindings to Word on Mac OS X. Hopefully it's still accurate. http://emacsblog.org/2007/02/18/emacs-key-bindings-in-ms-word/ http://emacsblog.org/2007/02/18/emacs-key-bindings-in-ms-wor...
- ThrustVectoring 11y agoIt's faster than you'd think. I was far better with Vim than Textmate within a month of my switch.