* Joshua Kwan > Searching for a general consensus here... > > These days Debian's nethack packages contain default nethackrcs which > enable number_pad style controls (instead of hjkl keys) by default, due > to a bug filed on the packages a long time ago. Of course, there are some > who like it and some who don't. It's too trivial to ask a debconf question > about it upon install so it boils down to a popularity contest. > > Which is better? I like the default keys because you learn how to use > nvi very efficiently knowing the hjkl-style keys :) I'm searching for as > many opinions as possible so please speak up!
I'd like it to be hjkl, for several reasons. For once, it's the default upstream behaviour, and I see no compelling reason to deviate from that. Apart from that, I personally like the normal way better, because my laptop doesn't even have a number pad, and it's much easier to do other commands, such as check the armour status with "[", when my right hand is normally resting over the hjkl keys, as opposed to the number pad. -- Tore Anderson