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		soraminazuki on Oct 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Type 3x Faster I'd imagine this would be a nightmare for Vim users as every command the user enters would be turned into something else entirely.

seanhunter on Oct 7, 2020 [–]

for vim, you just do

   :ab hn Hey there hackernews!

or whatever to define abbreviations. Honestly I mainly use them to correct things I commonly mistype or if the CapitAliZation of MyCompanyName is annoying.

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