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So interesting to see how the ADM-3A keyboard layout itself was such a fundamental influence for ESC and hjkl movement in vi.
by montroser 2y ago
So interesting to see how the ADM-3A keyboard layout itself was such a fundamental influence for ESC and hjkl movement in vi.
- kps 2y agoAnd that I suspect originates with ASCII Control-H = backspace (cursor left), Control-J = line feed (cursor down). Control-K and Control-L don't match but weren't so important that they couldn't be repurposed by an early display terminal.
- sudahtigabulan 2y agoYep. It's all in the manual. https://archive.org/details/ADM-3A-User-Reference-Manual-April-1986/page/n12/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ADM-3A-User-Reference-Manual-Apr... (This page, and Figure 1-3 below).