Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000)
by deathanatos on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:47PM
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> while in vim you have to go V 10d x 13down P or something along those lines, figuring out exactly what numbers to use there probably takes more than 1 second alone.
Honestly, I usually just use 9j/9k[1] a bunch to get reasonably close / maybe overshoot a bit, and then adjust with j/k, using visual feedback to guide me. Much quicker than grabbing the mouse, IMO, or computing what line number to go to.
(Admittedly, I should really learn the "go to end of block/paragraph/etc. keys.)
You can also `set relativenumber`, which will change the line numbers on the side to be "relative" (that is, 2 lines down is labelled as "2"); this makes it obvious which number to hit.
[1]: (move down/up 9 lines, 9 being an arbitrary "several")
Honestly, I usually just use 9j/9k[1] a bunch to get reasonably close / maybe overshoot a bit, and then adjust with j/k, using visual feedback to guide me. Much quicker than grabbing the mouse, IMO, or computing what line number to go to.
(Admittedly, I should really learn the "go to end of block/paragraph/etc. keys.)
You can also `set relativenumber`, which will change the line numbers on the side to be "relative" (that is, 2 lines down is labelled as "2"); this makes it obvious which number to hit.
[1]: (move down/up 9 lines, 9 being an arbitrary "several")