On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:48:18 -0600, JD Runyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stewart Stremler wrote:
> > begin quoting JD Runyan as of Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:27:32PM -0600:
> >
> >
> > I'm pretty sure rogue used 'em 'cuz they were the key-movement keys
> > on a lot of terminals. I recall using green-screen terminals with the
> > arrow keys on the front of the hjkl keys.
> >
> > -Stewart "Rogue gave us hjkl *and* curses!" Stremler
> They probably existed before that, but vi was one of the first "Rogue"
> style interfaces. vi's basic design was inspired by Rogue. As far as
> following the evolutionary tract, you were moving along.
Are you sure that Rogue's design wasn't inspired by vi? Or that they
both were inspired by the keyboard cursor movement arrows of the ADM-3
terminal?
carl
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