Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Thursday 23 January 2003 03:07, Dave Lee wrote: > > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > > still hard to beat "15dd:120P" for speed though. > > > > s/15dd:120P/C-u 15 C-k M-g 120/ > > > > if you count control and alt sequences as two keys pressed, > > vim wins 9 to 11, if they're only 1 key than emacs wins 8 to 9. > > to be fair, the ':' requires a shift press, so vim only wins 10 to 11.
yeah good point, didnt even think about : being shift-; > but: do you hit a single key or a key combo faster? =) if you start measuring > things like key locality and movement coordination, vim really starts coming > out on top speedwise IME. clearly interrupt handling is the limiting factor, single vs combo plays no part in the overall speed of things ... > emacs is still better than most of the crap editors out there though =)) I am sure Stallman would thank you for such high regards :-) Dave
