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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to Maria Sophia   
   Re: "muscle memory"? A Curse?   
   11 Jan 26 13:47:38   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   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"??? :)   
      
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