Addendum: When you watch somebody working with Vim, and he looks so fast... consider that it's probably you hearing and seeing the massive stream of ^D^D^Djjjjjj3yykkkkkkkkp he has to type to find a chunk of text, yank it, and move it a few lines up. And that was me being generous, assuming he needs to cut 3 entire lines, not parts of a line. Working with the mouse looks slow because it's just a few clicks and maybe a keystroke or two.