Re:Anki as Learning Superpower: Computer Science Edition
by amelius on Saturday October 24, 2020 @08:06AM
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Wouldn't it be easier if you could just pop up a help screen with a good search option whenever you needed to know a certain key combination?
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Re:Anki as Learning Superpower: Computer Science Edition
by BeetleB on Saturday October 24, 2020 @01:01PM
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Ha! I used flashcards to memorize a fair number of Emacs shortcuts.
It's not always that easy to find - even with C-h a or C-h m, etc.
But the bigger benefit is even knowing that feature X exists and there is a key combination for it. I found flash cards useful because I would get an occasional "reminder" that X exists and I should use it more often!
A trivial example: flush-lines and keep-lines. I never knew these existed till I read them somewhere. I put it in my flashcards, and over time I would remember its existence and use it more and more.
Re:Anki as Learning Superpower: Computer Science Edition
by gcoladon on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:22PM
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Wow! I have tried to figure out how to grep buffers many times over the last 30 years. Now I know, thanks! And it's going right into Anki :)
Re:Anki as Learning Superpower: Computer Science Edition
by DavidSJ on Saturday October 24, 2020 @09:33AM
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apropos-documentation (C-h d) and apropos-command (C-h a) provide some such functionality.
You could also try searching for "apropos" with apropos-command to find other related commands.