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From: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
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On 2024-11-20, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:30:32 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> ... my fingers speak [vi/vim] well enough
>>> that if I'm trying to move down the screen in other editors a string of
>>> "j"s appear on the screen.
>>
>> The vi/vim apps I’ve used also support the arrow keys, like modern 
>> programs.
>>
>>> For sheer economy of keystrokes, vi(m) is hard to beat.
>>
>> Moving around after inserting text requires n + 1 keystrokes: 1 to exit 
>> insert mode, and n to move around. Editors which don’t have a separate 
>> insert mode can do n moves with just n keystrokes.
>
> With vim, you can be in insert mode and still move around with the arrow keys.
>
> /usr/share/vim/vim91/doc/ contains about 11 megs o' text help files.
>
> Actually, one problem with vim is tooooo many ways to do things. :-)

Regarding moving around requiring n+1 keystrokes, GNU Emacs lets
you experience the power of Control-U.  It is a prefix argument
that (oversimplification follows, but ...) multiplies the effect
of the next action by 4.

So, with control-U three times and an arrow key the cursor can
move 64 steps in any direction.

If you want to execute the current keyboard macro 1024 times, do
control-U 5 times, then control-X, then 'e'.

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)