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Re:Moving efficiently in the CLI by SmirkingRevenge on Friday January 26, 2018 @06:06PM (#16243610)
And if I'm not mistaken, during that time, the ctrl key was typically where caps lock is today (maybe just on certain machines?) - and that is what influenced the frequent use of ctrl for key shortcuts in libraries lile readline.
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Re:Moving efficiently in the CLI by hoosieree on Friday January 26, 2018 @08:41PM (#16244337)
Close:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard#/media/Fi...

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Re:Moving efficiently in the CLI by ggm on Friday January 26, 2018 @08:18PM (#16244264)
may well be. not that escape is so far away from a pinkie, for the modal people (like me)
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Re:Moving efficiently in the CLI by SmirkingRevenge on Friday January 26, 2018 @09:33PM (#16244520)
It pretty far away, compared to capslock. Especially on modern laptops.. lile touch bar macs that actually remove the the entirely
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Re:Moving efficiently in the CLI by ggm on Saturday January 27, 2018 @06:25AM (#16245799)
Hateful. Annoying. Thank goodness for kbd remapping
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