At 02:41 11/27/2001, Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>Eight keystrokes to replace a single character isn't exactly what I would
>call an efficient solution. You have a six character word, and your solution
>requires deleting and retyping four of them. At this conditions, it would be
>simpler to delete the whole words and type it from scratch.
FWIW:
This is exactly what a lot of people would do, even if only a single,
fairly easily selectable character needs changing. When I'm typing, I'm
processing words in my head, not strings of characters, and it is easier to
delete and retype a whole word -- to step back and then continue my train
of thought -- than to interrupt my thought to select an individiual
character. I don't think efficiency in input can necessarily be measured by
number of keystrokes.
John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
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nicht in ihm gemeint erkannte.
... every image of the past that is not recognized by the
present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear
irretrievably.
Walter Benjamin
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