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I wonder what was the issue with arrow keys. Were there keyboards that lacked them?
by kowdermeister 9y ago
I wonder what was the issue with arrow keys. Were there keyboards that lacked them?
- mrzool 9y agoYep, but it then stayed that way because arrow keys are distant and require you to leave the home row, while hjkl are on the home row. Vim is all about ergonomic touch-typing.
- ilkelma 9y agothe other answer is also correct but you are correct as well! The machine vim was developed on didn't have arrow keys but used hjkl for arrows: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys...