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Re:Towards a Vim-like Emacs by erikb on Monday November 10, 2014 @06:21AM (#8582962)
I heard that before and can't agree either. Continuing your thought is also important. That requires you to think about the content of what you write and not how to write. That requires you to let your fingers worry where the keys are.

What if it has an effect on your career and you don't realise it? Sounds way more likely to me.

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Re:Towards a Vim-like Emacs by Myrmornis on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @12:20AM (#8588450)
Fair enough. I was kind of trolling and deserve any downvotes I get. But I was partly serious: I would like, in principle, to learn to touch type; I take my text editor very seriously and have learned the language that it is customized in fairly deeply. But when I start to learn to touch type, I immediately start to get pains in my fingers that I've never felt before, and my instinct is strongly to let sleeping dogs lie here: it is my profession and if I don't currently suffer any hand problems I think I should carry on as-is.
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