Re: [dev] [dmenu] Keyboard Bindings

From: Yoshi Rokuko <yoshi_AT_rokuko.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:38:32 +0100

+------------------------------------------------------ Rob -----------+
> On 21 November 2011 09:15, Yoshi Rokuko <yoshi_AT_rokuko.net> wrote:
> > it seems that i cannot communicate my point - why are vi-styled-key-
> > binding-styled-interfaces so popular?
>
> It's not vi-style, it's Unix. If you come from a Windows background,
> you'll be used to Ctrl+Backspace to delete a word, or Shift+Home,
> Backspace to delete a line. Unix has C-W and C-U, it's just muscle
> memory.

i really like ^U, ^W, ^H, ^A, ^E unfortunatly these are not vim default,
what i meant was stuff like vimperator, cmus and so on.

but like you said its muscle memory.
Received on Mon Nov 21 2011 - 12:38:32 CET