From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why? Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:15:43 +0100 Message-ID: <43A16C7F.1040403@student.lu.se> References: <1133329096.909577.80790@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11pmkm7sol448a9@corp.supernews.com> <87lkym51rd.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134661901 7724 80.91.229.2 (15 Dec 2005 15:51:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Emacs Devel Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 15 16:51:38 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmvL3-0004m8-RU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:48:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmvLS-0001F0-Cx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:48:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmsyF-0008Pp-OP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:16:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmsyD-0008OQ-0h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:16:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmsyC-0008OJ-TR; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:16:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.11.159] (helo=pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Emt0R-0004OO-I5; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:18:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.069.1) id 43A0646A0003DC5F; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:15:44 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: Mathias Dahl In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31956 gmane.emacs.devel:47786 Archived-At: Mathias Dahl wrote: >Stefan Monnier writes: > > > >> There are several ways you can do this. You can of course use the arrow >> keys, but it's generally more efficient in the long run to keep your >> hands in the standard position and use the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and >> C-n. These characters are equivalent to the four arrow keys, like this: >> >> > >How about > > There are several ways you can do this. You can use the arrow > keys or you can use C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n. Generally, many find > the latter more efficient in the long run because it keeps your > hands in the standard position. These characters are equivalent > to the four arrow keys like this: > >Thus avoiding expressions like "but it is generally more..." which >forces an opinion in the user. IMHO, of course. :) > > I vote for this one! It addresses the newbie which is the purpose.