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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:16:14 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:53:52 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> ... it's often nice not to have to move your hands out of home
> position.

That “advantage” makes no sense to me. My hands move all over the place -- 
to the various parts of the keyboard, and to the mouse, and other controls 
-- wherever I need to operate something. Going back to home position is 
something you can do by touch, very quickly, anyway. (That’s what those 
little nubs are for.)

>>> For sheer economy of keystrokes, vi(m) is hard to beat.
> 
> One keystroke is pretty cheap in the scheme of things.

You were saying ... ?

> ...  And not all
> editors can easily do things I use a lot in vi(m), such as placing the
> cursor on a brace, bracket, or parenthesis and jumping to the
> corresponding one.

Surely all the common editors can do that. What about moving between lines 
with matching indentation -- handy for Python programming?

> The thing that really irritates me is the effort made by a lot of
> software (particularly under Windows) ...

Yet another reason not to use Windows ... ?