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From: xcarey@cucstud.UUCP (Christian Carey)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Whence vi's hjkl?
Summary: add Ctrl.
Message-ID: <2325@cucstud.UUCP>
Date: 15 Apr 91 17:25:01 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.021544.19067@umbc3.umbc.edu>
Organization: Columbia Union College; Takoma Park, MD 20912
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In article <1991Apr15.021544.19067@umbc3.umbc.edu>, rouben@math16.math.umbc.edu writes:
>                                      Does anyone consider the usual {h,j,k,l}
> choice natural?  Does anyone have an explanation for the choice?

I believe the choice of those keys was derived from their "Ctrl" combinations
--h for Ctrl H (ASCII BS, backspace, thus left); j for Ctrl J (ASCII LF,
linefeed, hence down); k for Ctrl K (ASCII VT, vertical tab, therefore up);
and l for Ctrl L (ASCII FF, form feed, well, three out of four isn't bad  B^J).

Crispy
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Christian Carey (size 8 hat (USA))     uunet!cucstud!xcarey