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From: shore@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore)
Subject: Re: Whence vi's hjkl?
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 20:48:52 GMT

In article <1991Apr15.021544.19067@umbc3.umbc.edu> rouben@math16.math.umbc.edu () writes:
>Aren't the {j,k,l,;} keys the standard
>left hand's "home" keys for touch-typists?  Does it mean that the
>designer(s) of vi were not touch-typists themselves?

Yup, touch-typists have to shift their right hand one key to the
left.  I am a touch typist, and after years of using vi my right 
hand is now permanently stuck with my index finger on 'h'.
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