Comments by "TommyJ" (@ImperiumLibertas) on "Don't Use Vim For The Wrong Reasons" video.

  1. ci is the most useful motion. The non vim alternative requires mouse or arrow keys and many key combination key presses. Amazing productivity gains.
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  2. I agree but I'd also add learn vim motions before jumping in head first into vim. Jumping into vim too fast can be disorienting and can obliterate productivity.
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  3. In vim you can even play macros over several files. Pretty crazy stuff
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  4. 41:30 switching to a split keyboard and im at 60 wpm. Feels unbearably slow. It absolutely is a bottleneck. I stop, think, solution, then make changes. Those are often synchronous tasks. Once I start changing code I've already decidied what needs to change.
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