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 -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
