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 18:52:26 +0100 Message-ID: <43A1AD5A.5040302@student.lu.se> References: <43A16C7F.1040403@student.lu.se> 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 1134676796 29727 80.91.229.2 (15 Dec 2005 19:59:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, brakjoller@gmail.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 15 20:59:54 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmzBR-0002PO-Fp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:54:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmzC5-0006nJ-7f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmxIv-0003ap-Ch for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:54:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmxIt-0003aA-Jl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:54:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmxIB-0003On-Sl; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:53:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.8.164] (helo=pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmxKT-0007aB-9P; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:55:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.069.1) id 43A178700001290B; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:52:27 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: zedek@gnu-rox.org 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:31962 gmane.emacs.devel:47808 Archived-At: Xavier Maillard wrote: > From: Lennart Borgman > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Emacs Devel > > Mathias Dahl wrote: > > >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. > >My vote goes to this one too. > >Xavier > > And I think Per A enhanced it a bit ;-)