There is no advantage in doing this. Typing words fully and correctly, with correct spelling and grammar, is a skill worth preserving.
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Show HN: I automated half of my typing
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#132This is a very clever idea. However, I realize that I would never want to use something like this that would change over time. E.g. if I ran it every 6 months and last year "db" produced "debug", while this year it produces "database". Because talk about messing up my muscle memory and habits. And the language I write changes very much over time. So I'd actually be much more interested in a "universal" version of thi…
I discovered [Yublin](https://jonaquino.blogspot.com/2007/06/yublin-shorthand-for-...) a while back which set out to do exactly this: create 1-3 letter shorthands for the 600 most common words in English. And sure enough, "the -> t" is at the top of the list.
Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious what kind of work you are doing where WPM is a limiting factor. I’m in software, like a lot of people here, so being able to type in speed is rarely the limiting factor. Besides stenographers, the only other line of work off the top of my head that needs this kind of speed are people who are paid to write subtitles for TV shows and movies in another language. Which I guess is just another form of stenography,…
Typing fast is one of the greatest strengths for programming for me personally, especially when compared with Vim. It's that that it's a limiting factor, but rather I max out typing quite often, and also I have always wanted to hit 200 just for fun, but it currently feels not attainable. Some people say they spend more time than they do typing, but I definitely don't find that to be the case very often.
I am a bit jealous (maybe?) that typing speed is a factor for you. I am the kind of person that will think for minutes at a time before writing a single line of code
Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#134I love the idea of a tool digesting my own writing. Ticket systems like Zendesk should offer this built-in as boilerplate.
Instead, I use native iOS/macOS “text replacement” for customer service responses. It saves me so much time. I have all of my FAQ URLs as 4 letter shortcuts.
e.g. lltr becomes https://label.live/guides/label-printer-troubleshooting
llty = Thank you for the email. lllmk = Let me know if this helps.
Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
> E.g. expanding "t" to "the" seems like a no-brainer, just like "st" to "something". Is there a minimal set of, say, 200-500 of these that could simply be turned into a "standard keyboard" that everyone could learn? Is it a "no-brainer"? I would map "st" to "start".
Something is quite a bit more common than start. Probably if you write any long form English, st == something is better.
I would map "Something" to "sth" because that is way waaay more memorable and recognizable.
"Start" is something you use a lot more as a dev.
That's the true no-brainer. Memorable, good mapping.
Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#136There is no advantage in doing this. Typing words fully and correctly, with correct spelling and grammar, is a skill worth preserving.
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Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#138This is a very clever idea. However, I realize that I would never want to use something like this that would change over time. E.g. if I ran it every 6 months and last year "db" produced "debug", while this year it produces "database". Because talk about messing up my muscle memory and habits. And the language I write changes very much over time. So I'd actually be much more interested in a "universal" version of thi…
A general solution would just be lukewarm for a lot of people.
A chemist might type "dropper" often, 'dp' while a bureaucrat might prefer "department"
Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
r and f are usually pressed with the left index finger, which would have to move between keypresses. With r0, your right hand could align to press the 0 while the r is being pressed, saving time.
Solution: press both keys with a single "rolling" motion of one finger. I don't do that very often while typing, but when playing some games I'll hold down shift with the tip of my pinky and tap ctrl at the same time by flexing the middle of my pinky downwards.
I use a similar technique for typing all the symbols. If I press f I get f, r gives me r, but if I press f and r at the same time with my left index finger positioned between the two keys I get $. w and s are {, e and d are }.
All the other symbols, parens, etc. are mapped to similar one-finger-two-key shortcuts.
Significantly cut down on finger stretching which used to cause me mild pain.
Re: Show HN: I automated half of my typing
#140I have spent a good deal of time trying to create text expansions for myself. (manually) It is a lot harder than I thought it would be. To find aliases that dont misfire too often and provide enough value. Give that I daily communicate in several languages that adds even more trouble. I have now split it by application. Different aliases for different applications. I still have misfires. Mostly I have found I need de…
Ikclaks has been doing something interesting on top of their magic sturdy keyboard layout layout
https://github.com/Ikcelaks/keyboard_layouts/blob/main/magic...