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From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: h,j,k,l in vi
Message-ID: <193@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 06:28:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  3 06:28:40 1985
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Posted from  rpw3@redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock)
> H/J/K/L are "reasonable" for left/down/up/right for the simple fact that
> 
> 	-H == backspace == move left
> 	-J == line feed == move down
> 	-K == vert. tab == move up (on many terminals)
> 	-L == form feed == clear screen [Oh well, can't win 'em all! ;-} ]

Televideo terminals (and their look-a-likes) use ^L as a cursor right.

			robert
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology

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