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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by criddell on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:25AM (#15533844)
> Also, I think the true benefit of an optimized text editor isn't in raw time savings but in increased flow and just the joy of having a tool that feels like the extension of your mind, rather than something your mind works around.

I couldn't agree more. For me, that's working with a Logitech Anywhere MX mouse in Sublime Text. I imagine how I want the text on screen to be transformed and it just happens without conscious thought.

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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by zastavka on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:08PM (#15535440)
Anything special about that particular mouse that makes it good for editing with ST?
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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by criddell on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:16PM (#15535508)
No. It's just the mouse I've been using for a long time now. It's small, I'm used to how it tracks and accelerates, it fits my hand, and you can disengage the click mechanism on the scroll wheel to spin it freely.

My big complaint is that the buttons eventually start to fail. Single clicks will sometimes register as double clicks and click-drag operations start to drop early.

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