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- From: papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <sherman.721291094@foster> <BxGu2H.A62@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1992Nov10.164647.11030@bilver.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:36:08 GMT
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- >>Why doesn't VI use the jkl; keys for cursor movement, since your fingers
- >>are already on them. Or why not use keys somewhere far from them. A
- >>person can easily get confused.
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- >That is one of the nice features of vi. The hjkl keys are where you
- >normally place your fingers and in command mode h moves you left, j
- >down, k up and l right. I guess you just didn't try them. And if
- >your terminal is configured properly you can use the arrow keys too.
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- What touch typing course did you take? asdfjkl;. I practiced them
- for hours. That's why most keyboards have little bumps on j and f,
- so you can find them without looking. Does it make much sense to
- "find them without looking" and then shift my fingers to move around?
- Besides, why waste the h key. It is very valuable...it should be help!
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- >Yes - I noticed that you let the words continue on a very long line.
- >But since vi needs to be a program editor too, there are options of
- >continuing long lines, or to have them wrap just like vi is doing for
- >me right now. set wrapmargin=5 will do nicely.
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- Does VI need to be program editor when I'm in RN? Surely RN could set
- VI to word wrap mode, as I am certain they work together often.
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