2016-07-28 16:58 GMT+03:00 Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net>: > > Martin Lundberg wrote: > >> On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 11:18:01 PM UTC+2, Bram Moolenaar wrote: >> > " Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting >> > map Q gq >> >> What's the reason for doing this change when the new mapping has just >> as much key presses? For me it actually feels like it's slower than gq >> since I need to involve and move both hands. >> >> I can see in the help for gq that Q actually did gq before which could >> be a reason to change it back but I guess there was a reason for >> changing it to gq too? > > It's an old alias for formatting. "Q" was made Posix compatible at some > point to make it pass some tests. > > I don't see Q as two key strokes, I have two fingers that I can use at > the same time.
You can’t. “At the same time” may mean both “<q> pressed slightly after <S-” and “<q> pressed slightly before <S-”, but you may only press <q> after <S- to get `Q` and not the other way around. `gq` here is in par with `Q`: `g` and `q` use different fingers and they need to be pressed in specific sequence as well. `Q` may actually be worse if you are trying to press this as fast as possible: you must release <S- after pressing <q>, but it does not matter when you release <g> and <q>, only when you press them matters. Also depends on keyboard and layout: dvorak has <g> and <q> on different hands, while <q> and <S- are on the same hand (right shift is harder to use on my keyboard because it has <\> before it which is not uncommon, so I tend to avoid it, mostly using for `":<>` (us: `ZQWE`), even A (us: A, one of two keys which match in us and dvorak layouts) is typed using left shift). Note: unlike @Martin Lundberg I see that typing `gq` using *two* hands is *faster* then typing `Q` using *one*. I tried and can type `Q` with two hands faster then with one, but this makes following text slower (both because I am not used and because restoring little finger position from far <S- is slower, whether it matters depends on what text follows `Q`). And, if I am not mistaking, requirement to *switch* hands for common letter combinations is one of the reasons why typing with dvorak is *faster*. So “involving two hands” could be a word for `Q`, not for me though due to my far right shift. > > -- > BEDEVERE: How do you know so much about swallows? > ARTHUR: Well you have to know these things when you're a king, you know. > "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ > \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
