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Does anyone know why the decision was made to make hjkl the vi navigation buttons? I've always felt like jkl; would be faster since your fingers are already the
by dcosson 15y ago
Does anyone know why the decision was made to make hjkl the vi navigation buttons? I've always felt like jkl; would be faster since your fingers are already there
- qxb 15y agoAs I understand it, vi's author, Bill Joy, used a terminal that placed arrow symbols on hjkl because it did not have dedicated arrow keys. Wikipedia backs up this story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HJKL_keys#HJKL_keys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HJKL_keys#HJKL_keys