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From: consp04@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Dan Boyd)
Subject: Re: Whence vi's hjkl?
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 17:45:44 GMT


In article <1991Apr15.021544.19067@umbc3.umbc.edu> you write:
|> I have always wondered about the choice of the {h,j,k,l} keys for 
|> cursor movement in vi.  What was the rational behind it? 

	The old ADM-3 terminals had arrows on the h, j, k, and l keys.
That's the entire reason why.

Daniel F. Boyd
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