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Comment by dylan604

1 day ago

Are you comparing game bindings to vim bindings? Isn't that an apples/oranges thing?

Shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia:

  Examples of games that use HJKL are the text-based "graphic" adventures like NetHack, the Rogue series, and Linley's Dungeon Crawl. It is also used by some players of the Dance Dance Revolution clone StepMania, where HJKL corresponds directly to the order of the arrows. Gmail, Google Labs' keyboard shortcuts, and other websites use J and K for "next" and "previous".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_keys#HJKL_keys

Considering we're not discussing a game, it seems like a perfectly valid comparison.

  • "if you're into Unreal Engine key bindings." :shrug:

    • That phrase was in the parenthetical and as such doesn't seem to directly apply to the claim of "WASD is the OG OP way to navigate." Additionally, I was referring to the PRH Stellar Navigation Chart when I said we're not discussing a game.