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Re: Vim ported to iOS

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Any free alternatives to iSSH? I don't feel like paying 10$ just to try it out.

This isn't free, but it is a bit cheaper in my opinion it's miles better, http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for... If I remember correctly, iSSH hasn't been updated for quite some time now. Though I might be wrong.

An upcoming version, that fixes font rendering problems, is mentioned here:

http://groups.google.com/group/issh/msg/f16d119aa00d3570

Re: Vim ported to iOS

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It's hard to believe there are people who regularly use vim and still use escape.

Why? It's quite convenient for my left-hand pinky on nearly every keyboard that I use, and I've picked up the habit of doing periodic `jk` movements as I'm examining some code. I tried the `jk` combination that some people recommend, but it doesn't work for me.

I've never used a keyboard where escape was convenient to press. I personally use inoremap so 'jk' only does something in insert mode, I hit jk repeatedly all the time in normal mode while I'm thinking.

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Vim is for coding. How does this work out on the iPad? Does one edit remote files locally, and compile/run remotely? (the benefit is the editing feels instant - no keystroke latency.) Or has Apple let up on the "no coding for you!" iPad/iPhone terms? (I thought they would eventually, once their dev environment is firmly established - and they'll have to, if/when they adopt iOS on their {lap,/desk}tops - but maybe tod…

This made the rounds somewhere a while back, but I didn't see a link to a discussion on HN when I searched http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...

That's it, thanks. The HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3186476 (submitting it takes you to its previous submission)
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