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From: jkaidor@synoptics.COM (Jerome Kaidor)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Whence vi's hjkl?
Message-ID: <22270@mvis1.com>
Date: 23 Apr 91 18:55:13 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.211355.7919@ukpoit.co.uk> <3380@trlluna.trl.oz> <767@cadlab.sublink.ORG>
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In article <767@cadlab.sublink.ORG> martelli@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli) writes:
>
>Italian has Sinistra (left) and Destra (right), clearly a language designed
>for Wordstar with its Ctrl-S for left and Ctrl-D for right [unfortunately
>this does not generalize to E and X...:-].


      *********** WORDSTAR RULES!!! *********

    The wordstar key mappings have nothing to do with the letters or
sounds associated with the particular keys.  Rather, a logical cursor
diamond is formed that falls under the left hand, without it EVER
LEAVING THE HOME KEYS.  This is of crucial importance to a
touch-typist!  I consider the few hours I spent learning the wordstar
key layout, so many years ago, to be the best learning investment I
ever made.  Nowadays, I customize every editor I use to behave like
wordstar( EVE/TPU took a couple days, Brief was easy ). Moving the
CTRL key down to the bottom of the AT keyboard was the worst thing IBM
ever did.  I think I almost got arthritis the first week I worked with
it!   I HATE special-function-keys and cutesy mouse functions.  Just
let me keep those fingers where they belong, and watch the letters
fly! 

     - Jerry Kaidor ( jkaidor@synoptics.com )