Re:Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
by oblio on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @12:21PM
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He doesn't control his mouth when switching between eating and breathing, I'm pretty sure that it's part of the autonomic system. You kind of made his point since there's no way Vim actions actually become fully reflex actions, especially the powerful stuff that separates Vim from a good IDE, since the vast majority of those really complex actions will be done at best dozens of times per day (and I'm being generous here).
Re:Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor
by abeyer on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:15PM
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> there's no way Vim actions actually become fully reflex actions
You might be surprised. Maybe not quite the level of a true "reflex", but it can get close. I find I not infrequently get weird compile/test/spellcheck errors when I'm not using vim and go back to find a string of vi keystrokes in the middle of my document that I typed without consciously realizing.
But you do switch how your mouth is working when switching between eating and drinking. In one, you masticate and move food around your mouth before swallowing once (maybe twice), whereas the other involves directing fluids back to your throat which acts in a near-continuous swallowing action.
> You have to remember so many key combinations and commands
They become muscle memory after an admittedly non-trivial amount of use. Yes, it is an investment in your future usage of that tool.
And to be fair, you had to memorize C-x, C-c, and C-v at one point too.