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Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?
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Jim Ottaway |
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Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? |
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Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:36:46 +0100 |
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>>>>> Barman Brakjoller <brakjoller@hotmail.com> writes:
> From the Emacs tutorial (C-h t):
> "You can also move the cursor with the arrow keys, if your terminal
> has
> arrow keys. We recommend learning C-b, C-f, C-n and C-p for three
> reasons. First, they work on all kinds of terminals. Second, once
> you gain practice at using Emacs, you will find that typing these
> Control
> characters is faster than typing the arrow keys (because you do not
> have to move your hands away from touch-typing position). Third,
> once
> you form the habit of using these Control character commands, you can
> easily learn to use other advanced cursor motion commands as well."
> Is it worth it? I'm using Emacs on w32 and Linux and are quite happy
> with my arrow keys, but the argument above about not having to move
> away from the main part of the keyboard sounds logical.
> I would like to know about you other guys and gals experiences.
After using the cursor control keys for a while, I realised that it
would be better to use the default control keys, so I bound all the
cursor keys to produce an annoying error message. I managed to train
myself to use the control keys in this way, and I still use them now,
several years later; they are *much* more efficient.
Regards,
Jim Ottaway
- Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?, (continued)
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- Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?, David Kastrup, 2003/10/08
- Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?, Barry Margolin, 2003/10/08
- Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? - OT now, Daniel B., 2003/10/09
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- Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? - OT now, Björn Lindström, 2003/10/09
- Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?, lawrence mitchell, 2003/10/09
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Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/10/01
Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?,
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