Re: [9fans] Mousing is faster than typing but users do not believe it

[simon softnet <ph.softnet@gmail.com>]

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I was replying to guih.lino _at_ gmail.com

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:35 AM, David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:

> Who are you replying to again?  This thread has become total nonsense.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:03 PM, simon softnet <ph.softnet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I still think your contribution is null and irritating.
> First of all, it's too long and it doesn't say anything of essence.
> What's all this mumbling about your girlfriend and gamers?
>
> Thanks for suggesting that I try and use vim in unix.
> I am 26 years old now. I have been using vim since I was 17 if I remember
> correctly,
> when, by the way, I was developing exploits for the x86 architecture as a
> hobby, and
> and now I am a post graduate student in Computer Science.
> I have never developed anything in windows, and I rarely even do anything
> in windows,
> if that says something to you about my familiarity with the unix console &
> the keyboard.
>
> I just happened to stumble upon Acme, and I gave it a try.
> After nearly a decade of using vim, I decided to ditch it for Acme (which i
> have been using for the past month),
> because I do think it's better for my purposes.
>
> If your read Rob Pike's paper on acme, you might find that there is some
> credibility behind the argument
> that mousing is sometimes smoother for programming, than exclusively
> relying on keyboard shortcuts.
> Now quit your frothing at the mouth because you discovered Linux and vim.
>
> Simon
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:42 PM, David Leimbach < <leimy2k@gmail.com>
> leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 17, 2011, at 12:47 PM, John Floren < <john@jfloren.net>
>> john@jfloren.net> wrote:
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>> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, David Leimbach < <leimy2k@gmail.com>
>> leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2657135>
>> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2657135
>> >> Dave
>> >
>> > The best part of these kind of threads is how they bring out all the
>> > people who we've never, ever seen post before--the "been meaning to
>> > try this Plan 9 thing" brigade, etc.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>>
>> I wrote up the wiki for the plan 9 guruplug port, and I do stuff with it.
>>
>> Don't assume that quiet means we aren't using plan 9.  It might mean we
>> are too busy to stop and talk.
>>
>> If I would have known the religious poop tossing that this link would have
>> caused, I wouldn't have posted it.
>>
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