On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2015-10-07 02:57, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> I disagree 100% with the notion that you cannot use Vim unless you >> already know how to touch-type. > > While I wouldn't go so far as to claim that you *must* learn to > touch-type before you learn to use vim, I find the orthogonality > mirrors that of vim. The more touch-typing you learn (or the more > vim motions you learn), the more proficient your editing. The more > vim you learn (or the more vim actions/commands you learn), the more > proficient your editing. But combine them and you get multiplicative > benefits, not just linear increase in benefits. > > -tim
This is more reasonable. Yes, even though I don't "touch-type" in the usual sense of the word, I think that what you say is plausible. But at least two readers of this list (me included ;-) ) would stop reading then and there if a self-styled "Vim textbook" told us that if we cannot touch-type it is forbidden, or hopeless, or impossible, for us to learn to use Vim before we have mastered touch-typing *first*. Yes, I suppose that touch-typing *and* Vim make your editing more efficient, in a cooperative way; but my point was that neither is an absolute prerequisite, to be learnt well before even thinking of tackling the other. Best regards, Tony. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
