From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default Emacs keybindings Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 20:20:05 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083437312 30221 80.91.224.253 (1 May 2004 18:48:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 18:48:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Per Abrahamsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat May 01 20:48:26 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 1BJzXG-0006WX-00 for ; Sat, 01 May 2004 20:48:26 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJzXG-0008Gu-00 for ; Sat, 01 May 2004 20:48:26 +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 1BJzSI-0005Wx-Fq for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 14:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJzR1-0005OB-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 14:41:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJzQQ-0004cS-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 14:41:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BJzQO-0004Xn-HI; Sat, 01 May 2004 14:41:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=Cantor.suse.de) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJz96-00040l-Gp; Sat, 01 May 2004 14:23:28 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7832D5217BB; Sat, 1 May 2004 20:20:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Yow: NANCY!! Why is everything RED?! In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 01 May 2004 13:50:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) 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:22502 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22502 Richard Stallman writes: > I recall that someone did an experiment around 1980 to compare the > efficiency of editing with arrow keys and with C-f, C-b, etc. The > result was that the arrow keys were less efficient. Probably he didn't use a keyboard with the control key at the "wrong" place. :-) Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."