Re: Why are <next> and <prior> not called <page down> and <page up>?

[Lennart Borgman]

Drew Adams wrote:
>     >>> Why does not key-description use the names <page down> and
>     >>> <page up>?
>   
...
>     I suggest changing them at once. 14 years is a long wait. I think
>     changing this makes it much easier for new users.
>
>     Would it be terribly difficult to try to change it in the documentation?
>
> Sorry to disagree, but I don't think this is a good idea. I share the desire
> to make things more user-friendly, and I agree that it would be good to
> somehow indicate that the keys involved might be labeled Page Up and Page
> Down (or PgUp and PgDn or...) on your keyboard, but <prior> and <next> are
> standard names, which means that users can find things out about them (e.g.
> Google).
>   
Why should we discuss if we do not disagree?;-)

Are you seriously saying that it is more simple to find something about 
the usage of these keys if you use "next" than "page down"? What is the 
context of the search then? I think most users do not know at all that 
"page down" is sometimes called "next".

Are those searches very technical? Would it not suffice then to point 
out in the manual that those keys are often called "next" etc? But for 
the beginners I think we should label then "page down"/pgdn or something 
similar. I remember I had trouble to understand what "next" etc was when 
I started using Emacs. Were they internal names for something etc?