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		mistersquid on Dec 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recomm... I'd never heard of using hjkl for cardinal directional movement. I am familiar with ijkl where jl <—> W E and ik <—> N S (used in Lode Runner and BurgerTime for the Apple IIe). I honestly don't know: is hjkl standard in a command line app?

bdhess on Dec 23, 2016 | [–]

Yeah, in vi: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys...

marssaxman on Dec 23, 2016 | | [–]

Only for vi users. Everybody else thinks they're weird.

jplahn on Dec 23, 2016 | [–]

It's the standard in vim.

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