h,j,k,l in vi

[Stanley Friesen]

In article <726 at ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> mwm at ucbtopaz.UUCP (Praiser of Bob) writes:
>
>>If you have ever seen an adm-3a terminal you will know where h,j,k,l come
>>from. Those keys had arrows on the keys and ^h,^j,^k,^l moved the cursor
>>appropriately. Those keys also control the movement of worm(6).
>
>The adm-3 I used didn't *have* arrow keys :-). Yes, I know where those key
>choices came from. That's not a good reason to force them on other people.
>
	But 'vi' *doesn't* force h,j,k,l cursor control on you.
Every version of it that I have ever seen also supports the *real*
arrow keys on terminals that have them.  Why not use them if you
don't like the ADM3-a approach.
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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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