Brodie Robertson on Nostr: HJKL, the vi keys were never intended to be faster or be ergonomic, these are all ...
HJKL, the vi keys were never intended to be faster or be ergonomic, these are all explanations applied after the fact. The real reason is Bill Joy made vi on an ADM-3A which had it's arrow keys on HJKL.
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