You are not forced to use hjkl to move around. The arrows work just fine, too, and you can't beat them on the expressivity front. Anyway, Vim has far more usef

You are not forced to use hjkl to move around. The arrows work just fine, too, and you can't beat them on the expressivity front. Anyway, Vim has far more useful ways to move around than char-by-char. If you are curious, read `:help motion.txt`: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/motion.html#motion.txt http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/motion.html#motion.txt