From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: vi-like key bindings for alsamixer
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:56:21 +0200
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Simon Hengel wrote:
> I realized that 'j' and 'k' are not used nor reserved for future use
> with alsamixer. So I decided to use them as aliases for 'up' and 'down'.

But 'h' and 'l' are already used for other purposes, so these keys
cannot be used to give a consistent vi-like behaviour.

> Is this deemed suitable for the masses?

_Undocumented_ commands certainly aren't.  ;-)


Best regards,
Clemens