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You don't have to. The arrows work just fine. You can use 'hjkl' (or whatever pleases you), and many people choose to, for the main reason that having navigatio
by anonymouz 14y ago
You don't have to. The arrows work just fine. You can use 'hjkl' (or whatever pleases you), and many people choose to, for the main reason that having navigation keys in the home row is really nice.
Having navigation on 'hjkl' for me was never about a lack of arrow keys, and has always been about convenience. The reason it's specific to Vi/m is that you need a modal editor to be able to pull it off.
- martinced 14y agoBut it's easier for a touch-typist to hit 'i' than 'h' (your middle finger doesn't stretch as much when hitting 'i' than your index when hitting 'h'). Try it. Then in addition to that ijkl is more logical than hjkl.