At 2024-03-28T05:28:46-0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 1:29 PM G. Branden Robinson > <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (I've been slowly accumulating evidence that, for basic editing > > operations, vi _really is_ more keystroke-efficient than Emacs, > > Not just in requiring fewer keystrokes, but in the ergonomics of them > too: (1) It requires fewer key combinations. Two keys in sequence > are easier to type than two in tandem. (2) Aside from the escape key, > almost everything in vi can be done with the typewriter part of the > keyboard.
I would amplify this point with the observation that if you use the One True Keyboard Layout (and I don't refer to alphabetic ordering), even that exception evaporates. https://hhkb.io/layout/ A giant backslash key combined with a 1u backspace key is just shockingly user hostile. A lot of cheap US keyboards use that layout instead of ANSI; I don't know why. This person has the right idea. https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1bcx5k5/petition_to_ban_big_ass_enter_and_1u_backspace/ Regards, Branden
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