i3 4.18 - Hackdot

Re:i3 4.18 by secure on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:54PM (#22351191)

Ideally, replace the note in parentheses with the correct historical reason that you explained in your comment here? :)

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Re:i3 4.18 by jolmg on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:27PM (#22351497)

Isn't the note there to explain why i3 differs from vi? Adding the historical reason why vi used hjkl doesn't seem to justify i3 differing. It's almost irrelevant.

Or do you think that not having arrows on "hjkl" is the justification of using "jkl;"?

Personally, I can't see a good reason for "jkl;". The rationale that those are the keys where the fingers rest has been brought up here, but here is my response:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22349868

The thing is that I believe the designers of ADM-3A made a good choice in putting the arrows on "hjkl" as opposed to "jkl;". It's much more ergonomic.

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Re:i3 4.18 by jolmg on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:03PM (#22359768)

s/the justification of/a rationale to/ and s/justify/rationalize/.

Couldn't think of the right word at the time.

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