> I just want to know why Vim developers (and other software) have
> chosen the "h j k l" keys for left, down, up and right and not the "j
> k l ;" keys?
>
> I type with ten fingers and with touch typing, the right hand is on
> the "j k l ;" keys.
>
> To go to "left" I have to switch my forefinger from the "j" to the
> "h".
> I checked other national keyboards, they are almost all the same as
> the US keyboard.
>
> I noted that other software as well use the "j" and "k" keys to go
> down and go up.
> What is the reason for it?
>
> ps: I switched the keys "h j k l" to my "j k l ;" keys but I noted
> that other software use the "j and "k" keys to move up and down so I
> switched back to default.
>
I suppose that the up/down actions are much more frequent, down being
the more frequent of those. Therefore, up got put on the strong finger
and down right next to it.
Then why weren't l and ; used for left and right? I would guess that
since the pinky is so weak (then why is return there?) that it is much
easier on the hands to put relatively unfrequent left all the way on
the left and double up the index finger's job rather than force the
pinky to work.
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Dotan Cohen
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