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As far as I know, hjkl was first introduced in games and later used in vim because we don't have to move our hands far away from the keys. Feel free to correct
by kburman 7y ago
As far as I know, hjkl was first introduced in games and later used in vim because we don't have to move our hands far away from the keys.
Feel free to correct me If I'm wrong.
- thegeekpirate 7y agohttps://catonmat.net/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys https://catonmat.net/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys
- dllthomas 7y agoOne neat thing this misses is that in ASCII, H is left, CTRL-H is backspace (which goes left while doing a thing); J is down, CTRL-J is linefeed (which goes down while doing a thing, sorta). It ends there, unfortunately - I don't see a good connection between vertical tab and up or formfeed and right.