From: Giovanni Intini <intinig@...>
Date: 2004-12-27T08:22:08+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: vi useability question

> It's probably covered in the reference marterial from the
> Liebowitz piece but QUERY emereged as a standard when
> there was lots of competition amoung typewriter manufacturers
> and a lot of different key lay outs for the typewriter.
> If I recall correctly there were even some that were
> similar to Dvorak's.

I remember reading that the QWERTY layout was crafted so that the most
frequent letters were distant from each other, thus minimizing the
possibility of getting a "stuck" mechanical typewriter, when two or
more of the little arms get stuck together.