That's something I love about vim. Just when you get comfortable with it, you can find one more feature to save your time. I like it more and more every day.
Speaking of which, my signature contains a tip I learned a while back, and I've been shocked to discover most Vim users don't know it. (I used Vim for years without knowing it either.) Just in case I change the signature sometime, here it is:
Don't reach for the ESC key in Vim. Use Ctrl-C instead.
Imagine the same old crap plus half of their time spent reintroducing the stuff that's just expired (or just about to.)
This was meant to describe sunset legislation, but what a great description of reelection campaigns. Except I think campaigning for reelection probably takes more than half of their time, and definitely more than half of their attention.
Thanks! I don't remember where I read that, but once I discovered it, I was shocked that in several years of using Vim (as a power user!) I'd never heard of using Ctrl-C instead of ESC. Now that I'm used to it, I can't imagine ever having to reach all the way up to the ESC key again! I have no idea why this isn't extremely well known, since it's so useful.
Aye. My account was banned years ago from moderation for moderating up a post on slashdot critical of slashdot policies. The same happened to others.
Yep, including me. I moderated the first Slashdot troll post investigation as Interesting because I genuinely found it interesting. (I link to it because I still find it interesting... just don't mod it up!) That was over four years ago. My moderation and meta-moderation abilities were taken away though I've always been I would consider a good Slashdotter. Emailed someone about it, probably CmdrTaco or Pater (maybe both, it's been so long), but no response. Strangely, meta-moderation ability was restored about a year later, but I've still never been able to moderate since then.
Not to say that this is a big deal... it's just Slashdot. But it seems a bit hypocritical to talk about Digg's actions as if they were unethical, when the same thing has happened, and is still happening, here.
It's still April Fools Day for me... I'm in the USA, you insensitive clod! Sheesh, I wish Slashdot weren't so Australia-centric. There are a few users not in the Eastern Hemisphere, you know.
What do you mean... didn't you read the article? This is the game that redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action for millions of gamers worldwide! How much better can you get??
I'm pretty sure he must have been referring to Dr. Dershem, though I wouldn't have said Dershem loved Ada because code should be self-documenting. I always assumed he loved Ada so much because he had spent years working with it in the Air Force.
HJKL still works fine. The keys are in different places but in the same orientation relative to each other. I switched to Dvorak and use Vim all the time, with no key remapping. It's really no problem once you get used to it.
Don't remap the keys at all. H, J, K, and L are found where the J, C, V, and P keys are in Qwerty. So J and K are still right next to each other, in the same relative position. H and L are still near each other, with H to the left of L. It's really not bad once you get used to it.
I switched to Dvorak about a year ago, and use Vim all the time as a professional programmer. Works great for me. I didn't do any remapping of keys... I allowed time to get used to developing new muscle memory. And I made sure *never* to touch-type on a Qwerty keyboard during that time, because it would have been too confusing (as if I weren't confused enough). Just because it takes a while doesn't mean it's impossible.
"hjkl" is not useless with Dvorak. J and K are still right next to each other, with the same relative position (they're where C and V are on Qwerty), and H and L are still oriented in the same left-right relative position (H is a Qwerty J, and L is a Qwerty P).
Also, if you're using Vim for programming and destroying chunks of code, you probably don't need a version control system to come to the rescue. You know about the 'u' command to undo, right? If you're using vi, this may not work so well, but Vim allows multiple undos.
I won't pretend to be a proficient Qwerty typist anymore. If I ever have to use someone else's keyboard, I have to keep my eyes on the keyboard, and then I can type probably 30 WPM. I used to be able to type about 70-80 WPM on Qwerty, and now I type about 80-90 WPM on Dvorak. Eventually I would like to try getting proficient at both at the same time, but I think I still need to wait a while before trying it.
It really does take a while to get used to the switch, especially relearning the Vim commands. It probably took a good month before I felt like I was sort of getting the hang of it, and another month after that before it started to become natural. But the difference in comfort made the switch completely worth it for me. I would never go back.
Re:Who Wants to Watch Porn On the Go?
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Sony is a Japanese company. Japanese businessmen are notorious for reading pornographic manga on the commute to and from work. Even if there's not great demand for "porn on the go" in the USA (and maybe there is), I think this will be pretty popular in Japan.
You can hit Ctrl-C for the same effect as ESC. This may be the best kept vi secret ever... it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. I used Vim for several years and became quite proficient at it before I discovered this.
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That's something I love about vim. Just when you get comfortable with it, you can find one more feature to save your time. I like it more and more every day.
Speaking of which, my signature contains a tip I learned a while back, and I've been shocked to discover most Vim users don't know it. (I used Vim for years without knowing it either.) Just in case I change the signature sometime, here it is:
Don't reach for the ESC key in Vim. Use Ctrl-C instead.
You had sand and poo!?
We just had primordial soup
Luxury!
It pays to have a good relationship with the big computer store in your neghborhood, and the address for Newegg.com handy.
Well, don't just tease us... what's the address for Newegg.com?
Here's a Sudoku solver in 3 lines of code.
Perl code, of course.
Imagine the same old crap plus half of their time spent reintroducing the stuff that's just expired (or just about to.)
This was meant to describe sunset legislation, but what a great description of reelection campaigns. Except I think campaigning for reelection probably takes more than half of their time, and definitely more than half of their attention.
Dang it. What I meant was, With a frisbee?
I think my only option is to commit seppuku at this point.
With a frisbee?
If the Wii's can connect to eachother, would it be a 'wiiwii' ?
If they did it wirelessly, it would be Wiifii.
Thanks! I don't remember where I read that, but once I discovered it, I was shocked that in several years of using Vim (as a power user!) I'd never heard of using Ctrl-C instead of ESC. Now that I'm used to it, I can't imagine ever having to reach all the way up to the ESC key again! I have no idea why this isn't extremely well known, since it's so useful.
Aye. My account was banned years ago from moderation for moderating up a post on slashdot critical of slashdot policies.
The same happened to others.
Yep, including me. I moderated the first Slashdot troll post investigation as Interesting because I genuinely found it interesting. (I link to it because I still find it interesting... just don't mod it up!) That was over four years ago. My moderation and meta-moderation abilities were taken away though I've always been I would consider a good Slashdotter. Emailed someone about it, probably CmdrTaco or Pater (maybe both, it's been so long), but no response. Strangely, meta-moderation ability was restored about a year later, but I've still never been able to moderate since then.
Not to say that this is a big deal... it's just Slashdot. But it seems a bit hypocritical to talk about Digg's actions as if they were unethical, when the same thing has happened, and is still happening, here.
You expect intelligent posts from Slashdotters? You must be old here. :-)
It's still April Fools Day for me... I'm in the USA, you insensitive clod! Sheesh, I wish Slashdot weren't so Australia-centric. There are a few users not in the Eastern Hemisphere, you know.
... but in Soviet USA, world revolves around YOU!
Er, whoops... I was referring to Halo 2, not Halo. The statement might be true for Halo, but I really doubt it's true for Halo 2, as TFA claims.
Secondly, Halo isn't that good a game
What do you mean... didn't you read the article? This is the game that redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action for millions of gamers worldwide! How much better can you get??
I'm pretty sure he must have been referring to Dr. Dershem, though I wouldn't have said Dershem loved Ada because code should be self-documenting. I always assumed he loved Ada so much because he had spent years working with it in the Air Force.
You cannot change reality by perceiving it a different way.
How do you know?
HJKL still works fine. The keys are in different places but in the same orientation relative to each other. I switched to Dvorak and use Vim all the time, with no key remapping. It's really no problem once you get used to it.
Here's a a previous comment of mine about this very thing.
Don't remap the keys at all. H, J, K, and L are found where the J, C, V, and P keys are in Qwerty. So J and K are still right next to each other, in the same relative position. H and L are still near each other, with H to the left of L. It's really not bad once you get used to it.
I switched to Dvorak about a year ago, and use Vim all the time as a professional programmer. Works great for me. I didn't do any remapping of keys... I allowed time to get used to developing new muscle memory. And I made sure *never* to touch-type on a Qwerty keyboard during that time, because it would have been too confusing (as if I weren't confused enough). Just because it takes a while doesn't mean it's impossible.
"hjkl" is not useless with Dvorak. J and K are still right next to each other, with the same relative position (they're where C and V are on Qwerty), and H and L are still oriented in the same left-right relative position (H is a Qwerty J, and L is a Qwerty P).
Also, if you're using Vim for programming and destroying chunks of code, you probably don't need a version control system to come to the rescue. You know about the 'u' command to undo, right? If you're using vi, this may not work so well, but Vim allows multiple undos.
I won't pretend to be a proficient Qwerty typist anymore. If I ever have to use someone else's keyboard, I have to keep my eyes on the keyboard, and then I can type probably 30 WPM. I used to be able to type about 70-80 WPM on Qwerty, and now I type about 80-90 WPM on Dvorak. Eventually I would like to try getting proficient at both at the same time, but I think I still need to wait a while before trying it.
It really does take a while to get used to the switch, especially relearning the Vim commands. It probably took a good month before I felt like I was sort of getting the hang of it, and another month after that before it started to become natural. But the difference in comfort made the switch completely worth it for me. I would never go back.
Sony is a Japanese company. Japanese businessmen are notorious for reading pornographic manga on the commute to and from work. Even if there's not great demand for "porn on the go" in the USA (and maybe there is), I think this will be pretty popular in Japan.
You can hit Ctrl-C for the same effect as ESC. This may be the best kept vi secret ever... it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. I used Vim for several years and became quite proficient at it before I discovered this.
Why the frowny face?
Ballmer: The hottest company right now -- the one nobody thinks can do any wrong...
...may just be a one-hit wonder.
Ballmer must be referring to Microsoft here. It's inconceivable that he would refer to some other company as "the hottest company right now".
What?!? Have faith, Monkeyboy! Microsoft isn't a one-hit wonder, they can embrace and extend!
Just slightly fewer
Syllables would make your post
A perfect haiku