Answer (1 of 22): Typing colon :commands is really slow. You have to hit shift, colon, command, plus enter to execute. You're taking a 3 keypress overhead every time you use one. So what to do? Simplify your life with a three tiered approach 1. Super common things should be chords (Ctrl-somethin...
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