Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys

Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by ajays on Friday March 09, 2012 @11:08AM (#3684583)

Oh lord! I remember these unibody terminals. I had to use the Volker-Craig VC4404 . That thing was built like a tank. You had to hammer at the keys with great force. Soon one got into the habit of hammering on the keys all the time.

And then one day I walked into the lab with shiny new VT-100 terminals with their soft keys; but started hammering on them by habit. And everybody turned around and looked at me as if I was possessed..... :-D

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Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by godfreykfc on Friday March 09, 2012 @12:01PM (#3684844)

I smiled when I saw how you call them "unibody" terminals. We have come a long way since then. :)

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Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by petdance on Friday March 09, 2012 @04:56PM (#3686149)

When my dad bought a DEC Rainbow 100, I loved loved loved that I could move the keyboard. Such a boon!

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Re:Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys by boldt on Monday March 12, 2012 @09:52AM (#3693477)

Here's a VC4404 manual which shows the key layout/functions:

http://vt100.net/volker-craig/vc4404-um.pdf

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