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by kylebrown 5114 days ago
I don't want to need a cheat sheet to use my text editor, I already need them for the programming language, the regexes, mathematical notation, etc. I don't want to spend a few minutes doing macros/scripting, I want to spend my minutes on the problem domain I'm actually working on. I don't like modes (see NO MODES in the Bret Victor talk), and I like positioning my cursor with a mouse.

I haven't paid for Sublime (yet), but I'm still much less annoyed by the occasional nag-boxes than by modes. I don't see a future in emacs/vim, but I am anxiously awaiting an intelligent editor such as LightTable.
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forbes 5114 days ago
Remembering shortcuts for Sublime would be no different to remembering shortcuts for Emacs/vim/whatever. I agree with the 'no modes' sentiment which is why I find Emacs more natural than vim for the bulk of my work.

If you forget the short-cut for a command in Emacs, you can hit M-x, type in the name of the command (with completion to help you) and once you execute the command Emacs will TELL you the shortcut for next time (if there is one assigned). Best feature ever.

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