From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Menu suggestion Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:55:29 +0300 Organization: JURTA Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87y8ogprxt.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87wu40vgds.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083132932 25822 80.91.224.253 (28 Apr 2004 06:15:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:15:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 28 08:15:25 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIiLs-0000zz-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:15:24 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIiLs-0006fa-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:15:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIiIy-0001Ca-LI for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:12:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BIiIr-0001C6-IU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BIiII-0000xa-Hh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:12:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.33.219.4] (helo=spork.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIiHl-0000Y8-G9; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.jurta.org (80-235-32-202-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.32.202]) by spork.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8422911DC10; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "28 Apr 2004 08:40:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22287 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22287 Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Juri Linkov >> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:09:32 +0300 >> >> And typing arrow keys is faster because they require less key presses. > > Not if you consider the time needed to move your hand to the editing > keypad. It seems you assume those monstrous 101-key PC keyboards. But that assumption doesn't hold for laptops where arrow keys are located very close to letter keys, and even on them when using a special key. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/