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Ilya <NO_SPAM_ilya@napavlly.rose.hp.com> posted --

>> (1) Did you know that pressing "Ctrl [" is the same as pressing the
>> "Esc" key?  You know it now.  And now that the "Ctrl" key is in such a
>> choice spot, it's a lot faster to hit "Ctrl [" than it is to find the
>> "Esc" key (which is relegated to the Siberia of the far upper-left
>> corner of many keyboards).  I was dubious of the benefits of "Ctrl ["
>> until I actually tried it, but it's damn fast, trust me.  It makes vi
>> a true pleasure to use.
>
> Yes, but using two keys when I can use one is not an advantage, it is a
> disadvantage.

I strongly disagree.

The Apple II had a backspace/left-arrow key about where IBM puts [']/["]
on U.S. keyboards -- immediately to the right of the right pinky. Even
that wasn't good enough for me. When I learned I could generate the same
code with Ctrl-H, I thought WOW, THIS is the TICKET. Never used that
backspace/left-arrow key again.

Dan Strychalski                dski at cameonet, cameo, com, tw (no _x_)