i am a mac book pro user, and i do not always use an external keyboard and mouse. the touchpad is easily reached while editing, and without me needing to move my hand too much. so i would consider it a nice feature to switch e.g. between buffers.
On 3 Sep 2010, at 16:37, dacresni wrote: > I was about to ask the same thing, isn't its purpose to reduce > interruptions of keyboard use for the mouse. (they say every time you > move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse God kills a hamster) > > On Sep 3, 9:33 am, David Patrick Henderson <dp.chaoswe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I have to question the use of gesture input in a text editor. What is the >> purpose and how does it improve user interaction/experience? Other than >> swiping to change buffers or tabs, there is no seeming natural fit >> forgesturesthat make sense. So the question is, other than coolness how does >> this interaction improve the user's experience with vim? I, for one, am not >> at all certain howgestureswould improve or increase my productivity in vim. >> Let us not forget the purpose of vim is as an editor of text, so I ask, >> dogesturesin fact bring an improvement to editing in vim or are they a >> feature for feature's sake? >> >> Dave Henderson >> -- >> "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it >> so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to >> make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first >> method is far more difficult." >> -- C. A. R. "Tony" Hoare > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" 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 from the "vim_mac" 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
