I am a fan of "ct*" as well, my only problem being having to count how
many occurrences of a letter there are until the one I want. I typically
will just do a single "ct*" and then repeat it with ".".
What I find more useful is "ci{" and "da{", given that I will often
yank/put a full function somewhere and just want to change a small
portion of the name and all the body, or write a function somewhere and
then cut/put it in the correct file and also a copy in the header file,
before deleting the body to just leave the declaration.
I agree though, it is massively wonderful not to have to use the mouse
or repeated pageup/arrow keys to position the cursor where I want to
write code. I generally just think where I want the cursor, and a couple
of button presses later it is there. The main thing which speeds me up
is the auto-insert stuff though, things like <C-X><C-L> and then a quick
modification of a part of the line in question.
Go vim!
Max
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Guertin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:37 AM
> To: Max Dyckhoff
> Cc: vim@vim.org
> Subject: Re: Motions in visual(line|block)
>
> On 7/14/06, Max Dyckhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was approached by another engineer last week and asked if
> > I thought vim would increase his productivity. Needless to say I
said
> > yes immediately.
>
> I find that the key advantage of using vim is not necessarily the
> speed with which you edit, but the reduction in mental noise when
> working. You spend less time moving a cursor around and more time
> focusing on coding, which is the entire point. My personal favorite
> command is ct"
