[i3] vi and ADM-3A terminal

  • From: Daniel Bolgheroni <dbolgheroni@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:52:01 -0300

Hi i3-discuss@,

I didn't find a way to search in the archives, so I'll ask.

Are there any reasons to shift "right" the classic vi 'hjkl' directions
commands to 'hjk;'?

There is a historic reason for using 'hjkl':

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys/
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3684763

Besides this, there is a practical reason too. On a lot of non-US layout
keyboards, ';' doesn't come at the right side of 'k', where 'hjkl' is
almost universal. This makes a pain use i3 with the default conf.

Cheers,

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