RE: https://fosstodon.org/@tsvenson/115645096504669101

21 episodes in, I am gloriously overwhelmed about everything Marco in them shown  gives me to learn using.

While I can easily see how incredible powerful and efficient it definitely can be - The hard part will be to learn good enough to not have to break focus on what I want to use it for. Having to constantly look at cheat-sheets or :h pages.

I think a strategy that allows me to create efficient task workflows, identifying sequences of #VimMotion that I commonly will use.

#Vim

My  #VimMotion skills is very much improving, I make less typos and can all the more keep eyes fixed on the screen.

While I still need to be disciplined returning fingers to the #HomeKeys, as muscle memory are hard to retrain at 57y, this was definitely a challenge well worth taking.

I stumbled on https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/vim-language-and-motions-explained/ yesterday. It was a great read for me at this stage of getting to master the #VimLanguage - and discover new ways and places it is used in.

Very nice vimotivation 🥰

Why Vim Is More than Just an Editor – Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained

Throughout my time as a developer, I've used VS Code, Sublime, Notepad++, TextMate, and others. But shortcuts like cmd(+shift)+end and jumping with option+arrow-keys from word to word needed to be faster at some point. I was hitting my limits. Everyt...

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 motion has been an interesting experience making an effort learning.

I particular resting four fingers on each hand on ASDF and HJKL, then trying to learn how to type with all eight with as smart movement as possible.

At 57yo retraining how to type on a keyboard, especially this different, is a major unlocking task of my muscle memory.

But now I can say it has totally been worth it, as I'm starting to get a hang of it. Now I am sure the speed will soon 🚀

#VimMotion #typing #relearning