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A comment on Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8. Parent comment

Re:Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8 by pvg on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:19PM (#13609944)
That's fun but not a 'fact'. The ADM-3A keyboard had an 'ESC' key and it was positioned right where the tab key is typically today. Very easy to hit.

Here's a write up with nice pictures.

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys...

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