Re: [PLUG] text editor priv escalation

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

On 03/17/2018 03:21 PM, JP Vossen wrote:
> On 03/16/2018 02:10 PM, jeff wrote:
> > On 03/16/2018 02:06 PM, JP Vossen wrote:
> > > No, it's better than even that.  _Practical Vim: Edit Text at the 
> > > Speed of Thought 2nd Edition_.  I have the first edition and it's 
> > > REALLY good.
> > >
> > > $20 
> > > https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Vim-Edit-Speed-Thought/dp/1680501275/
> >
> > Is the book user-hostile too?
>
> Neither vi nor Vim are user hostile, they are just selective about their 
> friends.  :-)
>
> In seriousness, while there is unarguably a learning curve, everything 
> about vi is both efficient and effective, with the arguable exception of 
> the ESC key, but that's not vi's fault.  ESC used to be where CAPS LOCK 
> is now, which made it perfect.  It's not vi's fault that the key moved.
>
> And there's an awesome Vim hack for that in your ~/.vimrc; the "smash":
>      inoremap jk <esc>|       " jk "smash" keys for ESC
>      inoremap kj <esc>|       " jk "smash" keys for ESC
>
> There's a reason the book's subtitle is "editing at the speed of 
> thought."  :-)  But there are 2 catches, you need to be a touch-typist 
> and you need to spend some time learning the tool.

Arguably I shouldn't send this, but...
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/18/03/17/0438256/vim-beats-emacs-in-linux-journal-reader-survey

<ducks>
JP
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