Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!gitpyr!robert 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 Article-I.D.: gitpyr.193 Posted: Sun Mar 3 06:28:40 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 20:47:10 EST References: <8604@brl-tgr.ARPA> <174@redwood.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Tech, Atlanta Lines: 18 >< 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 -- Robert Viduya Georgia Institute of Technology ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!robert ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!robert