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From: ted@usceast.UUCP (Ted Nolan)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: h,j,k,l in vi
Message-ID: <2172@usceast.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 16-Feb-85 16:41:45 EST
Article-I.D.: usceast.2172
Posted: Sat Feb 16 16:41:45 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 20-Feb-85 07:18:53 EST
References: <8242@brl-tgr.ARPA> <726@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Reply-To: ted@usceast.UUCP (System Programmer)
Organization: Csci Dept, U of S. Carolina, Columbia
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Summary: 


Actually, h, j, k and l are at least half memonic (since ^h is backspace
and ^j is line feed), but that is not the important point.

The point is that you never have to take your fingers off the letter keys
to move the cursor.  I have never used a terminal where the arrow keys were
more easily accessible than h,j,k and l.  In addition, if you tend to use
a variety of terminals (as I do), the placement of arrow keys never becomes
ingrained, but I can usually count on QWERTY.


					Ted Nolan	..usceast!ted
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