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Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys
I was reading about vim the other day and found out why it used `hjkl` keys as arrow keys. When Bill Joy created the vi text editor he used the ADM-3A terminal, which had the arrows on hjkl keys. Naturally he reused the same keys and the rest is history. Here is how the `hjkl` keys looked. ADM-3A keyboard's hjkl…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Mar 9, 2012 | Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by freestyler | 478 | 98 |
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