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KeyboardLayouts vary by TextEditorFamilies. Layout methods include: * Layout by spacial patterns (WordStarDiamond, or HJKL in the ViKeyboardLayout) * Layout by mnemonics (EmacsKeyboardLayout, SlickEditorKeyboardLayout) * Layout by prefix-keys to group related commands (WordStarFamily, EmacsKeyboardLayout) * Layout by function key (WordPerfect, [[XEDIT]], CuaKeyboardLayout) * Layout by mode (think [[PCWrite]] which used repeated sequences of the same key to progress through the modes on that function.) ---- HJKL for cursor motion comes from the fact that on some early terminals, the left-arrow key sent CTRL-H (backspace), the down-arrow key sent CTRL-J (linefeed), the up-arrow key sent CTRL-K (vertical-tab), and the right-arrow key sent CTRL-L (formfeed). These are easy to remember if you're familiar with the ASCII code, and they make a nice left-down-up-right pattern on the home row. ---- Note: This page needs to be combined with KeyboardLayout See also CommonProblemsWithKeyboardLayouts.
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