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Keep at it, I've been using vim for 15 years and I also still feel like a noob.
I've been using it for about 17 years and I too am a noob. hjkl
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I've been using it for about 17 years and I too am a noob. hjkl
I haven't made the jump from arrows to hjkl. My cofounder's keyboard is arrowless, but my HHKB lite still has the arrows. Maybe in another 5 years I'll make the switch.
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I've been using it for about 17 years and I too am a noob. hjkl
I haven't made the jump from arrows to hjkl. My cofounder's keyboard is arrowless, but my HHKB lite still has the arrows. Maybe in another 5 years I'll make the switch.
" Disable arrow keys
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I've been using it for about 17 years and I too am a noob. hjkl
I haven't made the jump from arrows to hjkl. My cofounder's keyboard is arrowless, but my HHKB lite still has the arrows. Maybe in another 5 years I'll make the switch.
Staying on the home-row vs having to move your hand over and back constantly affects your speed and accuracy in a big way.
Here's an easy way to switch: never, ever use the arrow keys to move the cursor again. Done!
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I've been using it for about 17 years and I too am a noob. hjkl
I haven't made the jump from arrows to hjkl. My cofounder's keyboard is arrowless, but my HHKB lite still has the arrows. Maybe in another 5 years I'll make the switch.
Really, more things just need vi-like interfaces :(
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If you download it to any of the desktop apps, I think you should be able to convert it without a serial number; I've done it several times before and I don't have a Kindle. Here[1] are some Calibre plugins that automate it fairly easily. You could also use the Cloud Reader if you don't want to go through the hassle. [1] http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/hello-world/
My issue (well, one of my issues) is that I'm on a rather pristine new work computer, and while I do use Calibre at home, I don't want to put it on this machine. Additionally, I don't want do deal with the hassle of creating a Kindle account and installing an application that I would literally use once. In comparison, if it was a DRM-less epub, or even a PDF, it would be the work of maybe 30 seconds to SCP it to my i…
Once every six months something inspires me to put a book on the Kindle that I received as a Christmas present two years ago. Then the frustrations begin. In this case, after finding the table of contents I try to use the up-down-joystick-button to navigate the TOC. It's just painfully slow and it's displaying definitions for every word I happen to be on (it starts off showing me the definition for "Table" in Table o…
I read almost twice as many books since I got my kindle for Christmas last year. I even prefer reading on the kindle to reading on a pc/tablet or a traditional book. That said, for reference books, it's worse than the alternatives. I almost exclusively use it for reading books back-to-back (i.e. relying very little on the arrow keys)
Kindle is great for cover-to-cover reading, but for reference I will always prefer dead-tree (but will settle for searchable pdfs)
Not free exactly. It's still locked in the kindle cage. You can't just download it as a PDF.