2016年8月24日 · Nobe4's answer is great, and explains why we use hjkl very well. However, it's really interesting to see the full keyboard, and a lot of strange things about vim make more …

2023年6月16日 · Vi used hjkl because its creator's keyboard didn't have physical cursor keys. Instead, the arrows were printed on the hjkl keys. The arrow keys were printed on hjkl because …

2012年7月29日 · The thing is that you start out using the "hjkl" key just as a slightly better way to move your cursor, but the truth is that they are actually motions. h motions one character left; j …

2015年8月18日 · In short, Vim uses the hjkl keys as the navigation interface is because it's a remnant of the old "ADM-3A" terminal, that had these keys marked with arrows. Since vim is …

2017年7月5日 · (The same is true in a couple of other places, for instance you can use left/right arrows to move around within a command or search/replace you are typing, but you cannot …

2021年11月12日 · Vi used hjkl because its creator's keyboard didn't have physical cursor keys. Instead, the arrows were printed on the hjkl keys. The arrow keys were printed on hjkl because …

2014年11月3日 · hjkl are only marginally better than the arrows while Vim's more advanced motions, bBeEwWfFtT,;/?^$ and so on, offer a huge advantage over the arrows and hjkl. …

2015年7月7日 · The "use hjkl keys, arrow keys are evil"-dogma is a strong one in the Vi/Vim community, but in many ways it's also a silly one. Aside from the fact that I'm not at all …

2013年1月11日 · Possible Duplicate: VimTutor arrow keys v/s hjkl Why "hjkl" is highly recommended? I think it's more convenice using arrow key. Is there any advantages using "hjkl"?

2023年4月6日 · However, I agree that you should prefer hjkl motion because these keys sit on the home row and you will gain speed. Note that this only works if you are reasonably good at …