VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoOnly me?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11
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minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoNo, you’re 100% right. The only reason it’s this way is this: https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor These literally were the arrow keys on the machine that vim was originally developed on.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWhy the hell didn’t they go with JIKL or something instead then, so the pattern at least resembles the direction it navigates?
minus-squarearadgus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoso your finges dont have to leave the home row. Its acually peak when you used hjkl for some time
No, you’re 100% right. The only reason it’s this way is this: https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor
These literally were the arrow keys on the machine that vim was originally developed on.
Why the hell didn’t they go with JIKL or something instead then, so the pattern at least resembles the direction it navigates?
so your finges dont have to leave the home row. Its acually peak when you used hjkl for some time
Wasd was revolutionary at the time