Re: Whence vi's hjkl?

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From: Matthew Farwell
Date: Sun, 12 May 1991 18:46

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In article <46440001@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com> defaria@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Andy DeFaria) writes:
>>/ hpcupt3:comp.editors / doug@eris.berkeley.edu (Doug Merritt) / 12:39 pm  May  2, 1991 /
>
>>4) VI already caters to touch typing (as do most editors) by 1) not requiring
>>   the fingers to leave the touch typing area of the keyboard (i.e. you don't
>>   *have* to lift your hand and move it to a stupid arrow keypad; function
>>   keys and other keypads are the ultimate evil for touch typists), and
>
>Of course you have to lift you hand to find that damn esc key frequently!

No you don't. Use ctrl-[. Its useful if you often use keyboards where
1) esc keep changing position between different keyboards
2) There is no escape.

Dylan.
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Matthew J Farwell: dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk || ...!uunet!ukc!ibmpcug!dylan
                  You can't kill me, I'm a genius!!!!

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From: dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk (Matthew Farwell)
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Subject: Re: Whence vi's hjkl?
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