Re:Reasons To Give The Vim Text Editor A Chance
by singular on Sunday May 15, 2011 @07:30PM
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Dvorak has actually been shown to really be no better than QWERTY - http://reason.com/archives/1996/06/01/typing-errors/3
Re:Reasons To Give The Vim Text Editor A Chance
by OneWhoFrogs on Sunday May 15, 2011 @08:47PM
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You're right about that, but Dvorak is much easier on the hands. The average distance travelled by your fingers is greatly reduced. (It looks like Colemak beats both, though: http://colemak.com/Compare.)
I type Colemak 99% of the time, but the 1% I don't, it can be a really frustrating experience. It amazes me that 20 years of typing ability was forgotten almost entirely in a month.
Re:Reasons To Give The Vim Text Editor A Chance
by aerique on Sunday May 15, 2011 @08:29PM
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I used to use Dvorak at home and QWERTY at work (as to not annoy my co-workers) and switching between them was a non-issue.
Re:Reasons To Give The Vim Text Editor A Chance
by jcromartie on Monday May 16, 2011 @10:01AM
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There's a big exception to the "vim will be installed" rule: Windows.
Re:Reasons To Give The Vim Text Editor A Chance
by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @07:30AM
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And what windows installation comes with any dev tools by default? You are going to have to install a bunch of stuff anyway. Install Vim.
- In the long run, it's faster to learn and use an "efficiency" editor, so I need to learn one of vim, emacs, notepad++, etc. The differences between these are probably negligible for a proficient user.
- Of these, only vim will be installed (or vi, which has a big enough overlap that it won't matter to me) on every system I'm going to need to use.
These are, incidentally, the same reasons I use QWERTY instead of Dvorak.