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.
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