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From: Conde.osbunorth@XEROX.ARPA
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Subject: Re: h,j,k,l in vi
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 12:26:03 EST
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The real reason for the h,j,k,l mappings in vi is that Berkeley had
nothing but ADM-3a in the early days. If you look on it keyboard, those
keys are the equivalent of the cursor control characters. As a matter of
fact, the early vi had no termcap support...it knew about terminals like
adm-3 by heart. I think that's why there's the :set term=foo
command...then came termcap, and here we are...

Daniel Conde
conde.pa@Xerox.ARPA