• UlrikHD@programming.dev
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      In the ancient times, the escape button wasn’t at the upper left corner, but to the left of Q (ADM-A3). Vi (and by extension Vim) just haven’t adapted to a different keyboard layout.

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      you can remap vim to use whatever you’d like instead of esc, or just ditch your caps lock and make that your new escape key.

      I know some vim users swear by remapping esc to jh or similar so you don’t even have to leave the home row

    • starman@programming.devOP
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      In this case anon just want to search and replace text in file using various text editors, but he describes it funny way:

      • acme: very slow process because it requires using mouse and keyboard alternately
      • emacs: faster because you don’t have to use mouse but requires pressing a lot of weird and complicated key combinations and use many modifier keys like ctrl, alt and so on, in this case description is a bit exaggerated. Also see emacs pinky syndrome
      • vim: portrayed as simple and efficient, anon is probably vim user.
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      Although the relevant links have already been provided, the gist is

      • Acme stands for some “generic” editor here, where you have to use the mouse a lot, which is perceived as slow
      • Emacs is known to be very powerful (to the extend of being called an “OS with a bad editor”), but using unergonomic keyboard shortcuts
      • Vim is an editor that has been designed for keyboard power users in mind, but which has the reputation of being difficult to learn
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    I wanted to get really good with eMacs, but the price of the foot pedals and steering yoke was prohibitive.