Slashem direction keys

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Hi There,

I've been a long time player of nethack/slashem on dos/windows machine,
but now my primary machine is a *nix (FreeBSD to be precise), but I just
can't get used to the h,j,k,l direction keys. Is there any way to setup the
cursors for input use?

Many Thanks

 

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Contrad Diction <not@here.com> wrote in
news:z9WdnVCF0NsoK5vcRVn-tA@eclipse.net.uk:
> I've been a long time player of nethack/slashem on dos/windows
> machine,
> but now my primary machine is a *nix (FreeBSD to be precise), but I
> just can't get used to the h,j,k,l direction keys. Is there any way to
> setup the cursors for input use?

You want r.g.r.nethack, not r.g.r.misc.

Arien

 

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Contrad Diction wrote:

> I just can't get used to the h,j,k,l direction keys.

After using vi a bit, you'll get used it and come to appreciate it. Be sure
to keep your fingers on the keyboard just as you would if normally typing..
index on J, middle on K and ring on L. It'll seem more natural this way.

 

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c444l <news@glitterchildren.com> writes:
>> I just can't get used to the h,j,k,l direction keys.
>
> After using vi a bit, you'll get used it and come to appreciate it. Be sure
> to keep your fingers on the keyboard just as you would if normally typing..
> index on J, middle on K and ring on L. It'll seem more natural this way.

You'll especially appreciate them if you have a keyboard like mine■,
that doesn't have a numeric keypad, and doesn't have arrow keys! For
this reason, I completely despise new roguelikes that only allow using
the keypad (actually, I can't play them at all).

■ Happy-hacking KB

Even when playing on a standard keyboard, I prefer the hjkl (+yubn)
direction keys -- they're simply more finger-friendly and natural than
the numeric keymap solution (which requires more hand-movement /
awkward-finger-contortions).

So, roguelike authors: _Please_ support the hjkl+yubn movement keys;
if you can't be bothered, at least allow user-defined keymaps so it's
possible for the user to implement this himself.

Thanks,

-Miles

p.s. I'm not a vi user though, in fact I don't like vi at all, but when
I'm forced to use it, I have no problems with cursor movement due
to my experience playing roguelikes... 🙂
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