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0 pointsWildgoose9y ago0 comments

Seriously? I use them ALL the time.

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chrisseaton9y ago· 3 in thread

I'm a programmer and I don't use keyboard shortcuts either, apart from Control-C, Control-V and Control-Z.

apricot9y ago

I play the piano and I never use the black keys, except C# once in a while.

chrisseaton9y ago

That analogy is nonsensical.

A pianist that doesn't use some keys is limited in the music they can produce.

I can write exactly the same code as you without using shortcuts.

I think the advantage is that I don't have to learn completely arbitrary lists of silly little keys to press, and I can keep my brain-space for useful things.

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tolger9y ago

I play StarCraft and never use shortcuts. I lose all the time.

nicky09y ago· 2 in thread

What for? I don't know a single F key shortcut. People say debugging, which seems fair enough. I guess I've always found the mouse-based controls sufficient to use the Xcode debugger.

Apart from the debugger, what do people need the F keys for? Are people really debugging that often?

I use a hell of a lot of keyboard shortcuts, mind you. But none of them are F keys.

chrisseaton9y ago

> Are people really debugging that often?

Don't people say that debugging is the longest part of development?

OskarS9y ago

"Debugging" as a general term maybe, but "using a literal debugger with breakpoints and stuff" is much rarer. At least for me.

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7 comments · 2 top-level

chrisseaton9y ago· 3 in thread

I'm a programmer and I don't use keyboard shortcuts either, apart from Control-C, Control-V and Control-Z.

apricot9y ago

I play the piano and I never use the black keys, except C# once in a while.

chrisseaton9y ago

That analogy is nonsensical.

A pianist that doesn't use some keys is limited in the music they can produce.

I can write exactly the same code as you without using shortcuts.

I think the advantage is that I don't have to learn completely arbitrary lists of silly little keys to press, and I can keep my brain-space for useful things.

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tolger9y ago

I play StarCraft and never use shortcuts. I lose all the time.

nicky09y ago· 2 in thread

What for? I don't know a single F key shortcut. People say debugging, which seems fair enough. I guess I've always found the mouse-based controls sufficient to use the Xcode debugger.

Apart from the debugger, what do people need the F keys for? Are people really debugging that often?

I use a hell of a lot of keyboard shortcuts, mind you. But none of them are F keys.

chrisseaton9y ago

> Are people really debugging that often?

Don't people say that debugging is the longest part of development?

OskarS9y ago

"Debugging" as a general term maybe, but "using a literal debugger with breakpoints and stuff" is much rarer. At least for me.

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