Post #12636
2025-11-22 07:33 UTC
On second thought, #Vi-like keybindings do have a couple of advantages:
1. Simplicity: you have to memorize them, but that's *easy* since they're single letters.
2. Familiarity: knowing you can open many text-based programs and type / to search or q to quit is a breath of fresh air.
But no, most of us don't think "3wdb" when trying to delete the third word from the cursor. That's machine speak.
Replies (3)
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@gwenhael@mastodon.sdf.org 2025-11-22 10:26
@felix both of those advantages seem to assume familiarity with vi. As a non-vi user (I can barely insert a character and save and quit if I have to) none of this seem valid to me.
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@masukomi@connectified.com 2025-11-23 01:59
@felix as a vim user i generally hate “vi-like bindings” because i start thinking i can do vim things, and then i can’t because it’s always such a half-assed minimal implementation.
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@keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca 2025-11-25 19:02
@felix Personally I like Nano-style keybindings (showing me key bindings dynamically along the bottom bar so I don't have to already have everything memorized or look at a different screen to figure out how the hell to do some common action)