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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by sasaf5 on Friday March 12, 2021 @06:30AM (#26434612)
Once I tried Vim because everyone says it's faster, but I found that to be exaggerated. For example:

save in Vim:

  [esc] : w enter
3 or 4 keystrokes involving two hands.

save in emacs:

  C-x-s
one 3 fingered chord with the left hand.

And the chords can be hit much faster than key sequences.

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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by alpaca128 on Friday March 12, 2021 @10:49AM (#26437027)
If you're using Vim or Emacs with the default configuration you're wasting most of the potential. Add `map <C-x><C-s> <Esc>:w<CR>` to your .vimrc and now you have the exact same C-x-s shortcut in all modes. Although I personally prefer Alt-s(`<A-s>`).

Vim can be much faster because it can be adapted to the user. For me that's the whole point of using it, otherwise I might as well just use VS Code and curse at the annoyances every day.

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