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		willquack on April 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Vim uses hjkl keys as arrow keys The world would be a better place if `jkl;` took off instead of `hkjl`! It's impossible to switch now since everything uses `hjkl` despite some people trying (for instance, the default navigation keys on i3wm are `jkl;` but everyone always changes it to `hjkl`)

aebtebeten on April 1, 2024 | [–]

Not the whole world; on my keyboard 'hjkl' is 'hjkl' but the other thing is either 'jklé' or 'jklö'. (that said, there's nothing to be done about 'ролд')

petters on April 1, 2024 | [–]

I use Capslock+{ijkl} in a custom keyboard layout. Works fine in every application!

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