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From: gast@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
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Subject: arrow keys vs hjkl in vi
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Date: 7 Oct 90 03:19:55 GMT
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In article <0dEy02sbcfd=01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> terry@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Lewis T. Flynn) writes:
>In article <1990Oct2.211454.1195@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
>>It often happens when using vi that the arrow keys get misinterpreted
>>somehow.  Lines are then inserted with capital letters on them and one
>>is left in edit mode.

>The System V version of vi doesn't use curses/terminfo for cursor
>movement.

I suppose that you like using the cursor keys, but I suggest that you
use hjkl (you can also use space, backspace, etc) instead.  Using the
curosor keys is much slower because you have to take your fingers off
the ``home keys'' and then move them back.  I almost never use the
cursor keys.

David Gast
gast@cs.ucla.edu
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