Re: h j k l -- keys

On 2011-12-16T13:26:22, Taylor Hedberg wrote:
>Sven Guckes, Fri 2011-12-16 @ 14:42:05+0100:
>> "because". this happened long before vim -
>> when it has been "vi". so.. around 1976. Oh, Joy!
>
>If I remember correctly, Bill Joy's terminal had no cursor keys, but the
>H, J, K, and L keys had arrows painted on them, hence the choice of
>movement commands for vi.

Exactly. He used an ADM-3A [1]. The ADM-3A keyboard had an escape key
more close to the home row too.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lear_Siegler_ADM3A

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