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2011-05-31
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I'm impressed by the "finger scrolling" addition, though I think nano is still far more usable on the n900, partly as it extensively uses the ctrl key.
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2011-05-31
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One of the main reasons I got the N800 was to use VIM.
I recently bought an Entourage Pocketable Edge Android tablet (the company responded by immediately going out of business) and discovered it didn't have VI or VIM on it!
I recently bought an Entourage Pocketable Edge Android tablet (the company responded by immediately going out of business) and discovered it didn't have VI or VIM on it!
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2011-05-31
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Originally Posted by erendorn
TBH I haven't used nano much before. It does seem more straight forward to use than vim. It's definately much easier to dive into and start typing.
I'm impressed by the "finger scrolling" addition, though I think nano is still far more usable on the n900, partly as it extensively uses the ctrl key.
However I think vim might be better at text manipulation and editing because of its modal nature.
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2011-05-31
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@geneven
Thats an interesting concept for a device. Imagine using vim with handwriting recognition. It could be an effecient way to manipulate text.
Thats an interesting concept for a device. Imagine using vim with handwriting recognition. It could be an effecient way to manipulate text.
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2011-05-31
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Very nice idea 
The finger scrolling is awesome
The finger scrolling is awesome
I've been configuring vim to make it easier to use on the n900. I've added some of my .vimrc changes to a wiki page so that it can help others:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Vim
If you have any cool vim tips/hacks feel free to add it to the wiki page.
Thanks