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On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 04:08:47PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Yeah.  It gets to the point where using the keyboard feels more like
> > playing the piano.  You're no longer typing, you're more doing pretty
> > simple "chords" on it, thinking not what keys you're pressing, but
> > what you want it to do.
> 
> Indeed, and it's why the cryptic key sequences of vi don't bother me
> either. (I'm sure emacs would be the same if I got used to it.)
> 
> I do play the piano, so maybe that has something to do with it ...

I play trumpet, bugle, recorder, and to some extent drums, but it still
makes sense.  I wonder if maybe the difference between people able to
cope with actually using a keyboard for a change and people who use
the mouse as a crutch may be whether or not they play a musical
instrument?

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