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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (27 children)

I know I'm just a vim-less heathen, but using letters for navigation in a text editor seems kind stupid when arrows exist.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 2 days ago (6 children)

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.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Why the hell didn't they go with JIKL or something instead then, so the pattern at least resembles the direction it navigates?

[–] aradgus@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

so your finges dont have to leave the home row. Its acually peak when you used hjkl for some time

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