h,j,k,l in vi
Robert Viduya
robert at gitpyr.UUCP
Sun Mar 3 21:28:40 AEST 1985
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Posted from rpw3 at redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock)
> H/J/K/L are "reasonable" for left/down/up/right for the simple fact that
>
> <cntl>-H == backspace == move left
> <cntl>-J == line feed == move down
> <cntl>-K == vert. tab == move up (on many terminals)
> <cntl>-L == form feed == clear screen [Oh well, can't win 'em all! ;-} ]
Televideo terminals (and their look-a-likes) use ^L as a cursor right.
robert
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology
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