Re: Hard to switch from vi

[don provan <dprovan@comcast.net>]

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se> writes:

> Well, I have to push two keys to type control-f. Don't you?

Emacs users don't notice this any more than we notice using shift to
get capital letters: modifiers are an advantage, not an overhead. But
obviously if you see that as two keystrokes, you're likely to get very
near double the number of keystrokes for Emacs over vi.

> Beginning to use vi keys are rather tough. But once you are used to
> them they can be very good. I know since they are good for me ;-)

Yes, I'm obviously not that familiar with the keys, but the point I
was making was about the fact that the vi approach requires my mind to
be in sync with the editor's mode, and whenever the two are out of
sync, there's going to be trouble. I consider this *the* principle
difference between the two editors, and why I would never for a moment
consider switching to vi. I hate CAPSLOCK and the PC Insert key for
the same reason.

-don