Re: [PATCH] menuconfig: Allow j/k to move down/up the menu

From: Rob Landley
Date: Tue Jul 09 2013 - 12:36:25 EST


On 07/08/2013 06:08:41 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote:
On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 06:00:05PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> On 07/05/2013 06:32:59 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> >Like in Vim.
> >
> >Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > Unsure why nobody has done this yet.
>
> While you're at it, why don't you add the ws up and down bindings
> from World of Warcraft?
>
> The reason nobody has done this yet is that vi predates the
> invention of cursor keys. They keyboards Bill Joy was using in the
...
> And now you know _why_ Linux is over 20 years old and has never
> needed this.

Well, one advantage of these key bindings is, that you don't have to
move your hands away from the base line. And as vim user I find myself
using vim key sequences in all tools. I cannot even count how many
processes I accidentally killed because I tried to scroll using 'k' in
htop where it does 'kill'.

A ringing endorsement.

Rob--
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