Subject: Re: vi and xterm
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Mike Parson <mparson@bl.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/30/2005 14:58:43
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:42:08PM +0200, Petar Bogdanovic wrote:
> Steve Tremblett wrote:
>> You'll find that the vi directional keys are very pervasive in the
>> *NIX world and will work similarly in many many applications.
>
> And your right hand won't move around all the time. It sounds lazy
> but if you have to write a lot of text with the vi, you'll see how
> efficient & fast this is.
Fingers never have to leave the home row. I have vi keybindings in
everything I can, screen (for copy & paste), bash, and anything else
compiled against libreadline.
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Michael Parson
mparson@bl.org