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bananas
on March 12, 2014
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Emacs is Sexy
I've used both. Notepad++ doesn't give you twisted willow-like hands like emacs and all the meta key love.
I'm now recovering using vim and have a big pinky for escape usage.
madlynormal
on March 12, 2014
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inoremap jj <esc> is what you need. Allows one to double press j to enter normal mode instead of reaching for the Esc key.
bananas
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Interesting! Will try that - thanks :)
nobleach
on March 12, 2014
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believe it or not, 'jk' is actually faster as you don't wait for the 'j' key to travel back up. You get so used to it though, you get upset when it's not there by default. I find it's one of the first things I do when I open vim on another machine.
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I'm now recovering using vim and have a big pinky for escape usage.