This is absolutely the best answer here.

I hated Vim.. until I got 12GB of RAM. Now it's just another tool.

Bonus points: Install Vrapper (http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/home/) and get Vim keybindings. I also change the theme to get a black background and Inconsolata font.

And once you configure your own keyboard shortcuts and commit them to muscle memory. I have set

  ctrl+] - select to the end of line
  ctrl+[ - select to beginning of line
  ctrl+d - cut current line
  ctrl+k - duplicate current line below
  ctrl+; - jump to beginning of line
  ctrl+' - jump to end of line
  ctrl+tab - switch perspective between debug and editor [1]
  ctrl+i - focus on console [2]
  ctrl+f - toggle find/replace bar 

About the last shortcut; I highly recommend you get a modern find feature and not the window popup eclipse ships with - http://sandipchitale.blogspot.com/2011/04/eclipse-findreplac... -

[1] For me this is pydev, for you could be the Android SDK ide.

[2] I have a pydev python repl running in eclipse for simple checks. Using ctrl+i to focus on this console is really nice.

Bonus if you customize your theme. Mine is a white text on black.

Can you elaborate on that? I'm an eclipse newbie and using it for Android work feels like swimming in molasses.

Honestly, that is the saddest thing I've ever heard. That's some disable-TSRs-and-fiddle-with-highmem level sad.

Are there any standard tutorials on what to turn on/off? I tried eclipse and found it so damn slow and buggy I never returned - that was a while ago - maybe it's better now...