Re: h j k l -- keys

On Dec 16, 2011, at 9:26 AM, 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.

See "Legacy" under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A.

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