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Re:Why I teach vim by blackrock on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:27AM (#25099629)
On Windows, use Bitvise. SSH into your Linux box. Use the file browser GUI to navigate to your file. Edit it in Sublime, or your favorite editor.

Vi is ok for viewing files on a terminal, and for small edits, but it’s rather mediocre for any significant amount of development work.

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Re:Why I teach vim by hiperlink on Sunday November 15, 2020 @06:36AM (#25100372)
> Vi is ok for viewing files on a terminal, and for small edits, but it’s rather mediocre for any significant amount of development work.

May I ask what prove this?

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Re:Why I teach vim by 0x445442 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:21AM (#25102300)
One of the statements I see a lot is that mouseless, keyboard only HCI is faster. But as far as I know, to the extent that any real studies have been done at all, this assertion is false.

I don't have the references at hand but I think people like Alan Kay and designers at Apple would think it crazy to even suggest that a keyboard only HCI is more efficient.

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Re:Why I teach vim by hiperlink on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:29PM (#25103976)
Could You please add a single example for faster solutions to modify several (text/source) files' contents at once with mouse and/or touchpad mainly (or any other already existing HCI interface)?
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Re:Why I teach vim by 0x445442 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:23PM (#25104467)
Who said anything about a mouse and or touchpad mainly? As far as I know, the studies were for keyboard and mouse in combination and actually predated touchpads.
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