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|    Mr. Man-wai Chang to Maria Sophia    |
|    Re: "muscle memory"? A Curse?    |
|    11 Jan 26 13:47:38    |
      XPost: alt.conspiracy       From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com              On 11/1/2026 4:34 am, Maria Sophia wrote:       >       > I started with computers in the 1960s, so I used "vi" (maybe even 'ed' in       > the very beginning) and have been using gVim for decades on Windows where       > your fingers DEFINITELY have muscle memory.       >       > I can do things with the editor that I can't remember how it do them.       > But my fingers know it automatically.       >       > An example though, even for non-gVIM users, is the QWERTY keyboard.       >       > If you took typing those days like I did, then you learned on those heavy       > green IBM Selectrics with the rotating ball and your fingers know where all       > the keys are, but if you asked me where any one key is, I wouldn't be able       > to tell you.       >       > That's muscle memory!                     Then it's just memory! There is no need to attach the word "muscle"!              Why didn't you call it "action memory" or "finger memory"? Why the word       "muscle"??? :)              --        @~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!        / v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!       /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/        ^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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