@cstross @devlogic @jernej__s

Heh! You are talking to someone who actually used vi from a televideo 910+ many years ago. The cursor keys on a 910+ are laid out in the same way as this, below the right shift key.

Not that vi on the system understood them at the time, mind you. I'm talking genuine Joy vi, here. I had some fun messing about with stevie (downloaded from comp.sources.unix) to get it to handle arrow keys. (-:

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@cstross

The obviously rhetorical question has a sort-of answer if this picture is correct:

They tried to tailor it to the U.S.A. market by making it like a 104-key U.S.A. Windows keyboard instead of like a 109-key Japan Windows keyboard; & put the arrow keys where they wouldn't spoil the massive triple-width size of the right shift key that United Statians are so used to.

Think of right shift on a U.S.A. keyboard as like a U.S.A. truck. (-:

https://liliputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dm250_02-744x500.jpg

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@devlogic @cstross

That's the ultrasound keyboard. The U.S.A. Pomera DM250 "abomination" actually does go with vi layout, per publicity pictures. The arrow keys are in exactly HJKL form but right and down from where HJKL are.

https://liliputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dm250_02-744x500.jpg

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