> If you're using a non-vim editor, you'd probably
Double-click the word to select it, and start typing right away.
> it's as close as you can get to literally telling someone exactly what to do.
I usually tell someone "Change the word 'validate' to 'something else'". SO i grab my mouse/trackpad, and get there in one click (or double-click).
> It's easy to dismiss as trivial or unimportant - these are tiny savings of time, after all
You should observe most of these "savings" in real life. There's rarely a time when I can't do stuff with code faster than a Vim user. Because by the time the vim user has typed the required sequence of letter, or counted which line/symbol/mark to go to, or wrote a macro correctly, I'll have finished all I needed to do using IDEs built-in capabilities and/or a mouse.
Double-click the word to select it, and start typing right away.
> it's as close as you can get to literally telling someone exactly what to do.
I usually tell someone "Change the word 'validate' to 'something else'". SO i grab my mouse/trackpad, and get there in one click (or double-click).
> It's easy to dismiss as trivial or unimportant - these are tiny savings of time, after all
You should observe most of these "savings" in real life. There's rarely a time when I can't do stuff with code faster than a Vim user. Because by the time the vim user has typed the required sequence of letter, or counted which line/symbol/mark to go to, or wrote a macro correctly, I'll have finished all I needed to do using IDEs built-in capabilities and/or a mouse.