I’d like actual examples instead of “I work faster”, something like “I can move straight to the middle of the file with 7mv” or “I can keep 4 different text snippets in memory and paste each with a number+pt, like 2pt”, things that you actually use somewhat frequently instead of what you can do, but probably only did once.

  • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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    4 months ago
    1. Ctrl-left/right jump to the beginning/end of words
    2. No exactly sure what you mean here.
    3. Page up/down let you scroll up/down quickly. Ctrl-P :123 lets you jump to a specific line, but I generally use editing history (alt-left) instead.
    4. I can type perfectly well…
    5. Ctrl-{ or } does this I think.

    Do you have any more compelling examples?

    • abruptly8951@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Ooh fun, these all take 2-3 key presses

      • Delete the contents inside a function delimiter by {
      • Delete the next nine words
      • Delete the contents inside long text quotes

      And these more/less key presses

      • Start a regex search with a single button
      • Perform the same edit 100 times in a jagged files (good luck not f’ing up your multi cursor)

      But it misses the point, of course every editor can do just about anything, but there is a lot more mouse involved and learning it is more difficult because the keybinds aren’t combinatorial

      • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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        4 months ago
        1. Ctrl-shift-}
        2. How often do you want to delete exactly 9 words? It’s much easier if this is interactive.
        3. Not a common task IMO.
        4. Ctrl-F and click a button. This is rare enough that a button click is fine.
        5. Not sure what you mean by “jagger files” but I find multiple cursors are a lot easier to get right than e.g. regex replace because they give you instant feedback. Vim sequences are more like “oh you got it wrong, better start from scratch”.
        • abruptly8951@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          1 is just going to highlight right?

          2, how about 6 words, 10 words, 100 words

          3, 4 I use all the time

          5 if your edit locations don’t line up so that you can alt drag a single column, this is what I mean by jagged. I would use a combination of find and repeat action.

          Start from scratch - skill issue :p

          • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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            4 months ago

            how about 6 words, 10 words, 100 words

            Yes exactly my point. How often do you need to delete exactly 100 words? Do you count them? Obviously not - you probably guess and delete 50, and then 25 and then 20 etc.