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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by jolmg on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:08PM (#26431133)
> Is shift-S faster than cc? The keys are farther away from each other

In my case, my left pinky rests on the shift and my left ring-finger rests on the "s", so shift-S is just pressing the keys my fingers are already resting on.

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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by gmfawcett on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:16PM (#26431177)
Your pinky rests on the shift key? My touch-typing teacher would have smacked my fingers with a ruler. :)
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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by jolmg on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:21PM (#26431212)
I guess it's a habit from using the left Shift (and left Ctrl) a lot more frequently than the "A". If I just used the keyboard for writing text, perhaps resting on "A" would make more sense for me.
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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by gmfawcett on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:14AM (#26437318)
Nothing wrong with that! Some of us were indoctrinated to rest our hands in a certain way, no matter what kind of typing we do. :)
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