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gbog on Feb 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vim anti-patterns

I have seven years of professional avg personal daily use of vim and never bothered to leave the arrows. I don't move so often in insert mode, I just prefer my hands the be far from each other. Ijkl maniacs should stop repeating the same refrain over and over...

My favorite tricks: o in select mode, ctrl-y in insert mode.

Still looking for a good commenter for python (NERD commenter don't work for me)

gnosis on Feb 8, 2012 [–]

"I have seven years of professional avg personal daily use of vim and never bothered to leave the arrows."

There are also two-finger, hunt-and-peck typists who've been typing for 30 years.

Just because you've been doing something one way for a long time doesn't mean it's a good idea.

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