Josh Beckman (www.joshbeckman.org) Subscribe When Bill Joy created the vi text editor he used the ADM-3A terminal, which had the arrows on hjkl keys. Naturally he reused the same keys and the rest is history. Josh Beckman Reference Notesvim, tools, interfaces Here Is Why Vim Uses HJKL Keys as Arrow Keys catonmat.net 2024, April 01, Monday Permalink to 2024.NTE.082 Edit ← Previous Next → Note on Feeding Your Bonsai Trees via Herons Bonsai Note on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance via Robert M. Pirsig Widgets Comments & Replies via email You can subscribe or follow or reply here: Network Graph Legend Keyboard Shortcuts Key Action o Source e Edit i Insight r Random h Home s or / Search Close www.joshbeckman.org/notes/700937667