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Other way around. ASCII classified control characters into blocks and newline ended up a bit-flip away from J, so the ADM-3A printed ‘↓’ on the ‘J’ key.
by kps 3mo ago
Other way around. ASCII classified control characters into blocks and newline ended up a bit-flip away from J, so the ADM-3A printed ‘↓’ on the ‘J’ key.
- Joker_vD 3mo agoYes, and ADM-3A also had "↑" on the "K" key, because \013 is vertical tabulation (VT), and "→" on the "L" because \014 is form feed (FF). It all makes perfect sense. If terminfo database is to be believed, quite a lot of other terminals reused this control sequences too, for some reason.
- kps 3mo agoIn the era when video terminals were new I have to guess that K and L were just plausibly related enough to justify using them for additional cursor motions, after H and J fit exactly.