XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/1/10 12:11:52, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   >> On 9/1/2026 10:17 pm, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> But - for that one particular file - I'd developed "muscle memory" for   
   >>> the editor. Also, its file size limit - somewhat below 64K - encouraged   
   >>> me to keep the quotes file fresh, as I'd reached the limit, so had to   
   >>> delete something to add anything.   
   >>   
   >> ""muscle memory"??? Maybe your brain might have been cursed!! :)   
   >>   
   > I'm guessing from your name that you may not be a native speaker and   
   > thus not familiar with the expression: it means something you are so   
   > familiar with that you repeat the actions without thinking about them.   
      
   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!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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