On Jul 4, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Petar Bogdanovic wrote:

> Mike Parson wrote:
>> The vi-keys are the vi-keys cuz that's where the arrows were on the
>> terminal Bill Joy was using at the time he wrote it (adm3).
>
> I can't see any arrows on the 'h', 'j', 'k' & 'l' of the adm3[1].
>
They are there, but they are aren't true, separate , distinct , keys, 
they are written
on the front side of the key like fn-keys on a laptop, or graphic keys 
on old 8 bit micros.
They are more of a suggested use, than real keys.

I can't find a link, that shows it , but I've seen it before, think 
I've posted, and somewhere on that site, you linked too, or perhaps in 
the pdf manuals on that site.

Rogue, is a game that you play before you realize that there is Angband 
;-).

Rogue was influential enough, that is an archetype.  Games that 
present, a top down, view of a randomly generated dungeon, hack and 
slash, with D&D like character stats,levels, are rogue-like.  Rogue was 
probably developed on the same terminals as vi, but is an example of a 
program that used the same convention, on other terminals.