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Re:Interactive Vim tutorial by dutchieinfrance on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:22AM (#15400612)
So... much... power.
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Re:Interactive Vim tutorial by u801e on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:29AM (#15400663)
With great power comes great editability.
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Re:Interactive Vim tutorial by kowdermeister on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:46AM (#15400804)
I wonder what was the issue with arrow keys. Were there keyboards that lacked them?
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Re:Interactive Vim tutorial by mrzool on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:53AM (#15400866)
Yep, but it then stayed that way because arrow keys are distant and require you to leave the home row, while hjkl are on the home row.

Vim is all about ergonomic touch-typing.

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Re:Interactive Vim tutorial by ilkelma on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:57AM (#15400906)
the other answer is also correct but you are correct as well! The machine vim was developed on didn't have arrow keys but used hjkl for arrows: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys...
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