From: use.address@my.homepage.invalid (Chris Gordon-Smith)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Arrow Keys?
Date: 7 Jun 2009 22:18:09 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <792sl1F1mngmlU1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f0588$4a2c3198$cef88ba3$8485@TEKSAVVY.COM
Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2009-06-07, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote:
>> Hello All
>>
>> I have recently started using Emacs on a regular basis. I read in the Emacs
>> documentation that it is more efficient to use C-N, C-P etc. rather than
>> arrow keys. Is this really true? I'm persisting with it, but those arrow
>> keys still seem pretty attractive.
>
> That depends on your typing habits. If you sit at the keyboard with
> your fingers in the home position all the time, then they probably
> are more efficient. Otherwise, probably not.
>
Hmm. Well, I probably do. That may be a hard habit to lose. I'll persist
for a while longer.
Chris Gordon-Smith
www.simsoup.info
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-07 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-07 10:41 Arrow Keys? Chris Gordon-Smith
2009-06-07 11:02 ` Christian Herenz
2009-06-07 11:58 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-06-07 16:27 ` Eric Abrahamsen
[not found] ` <mailman.162.1244392060.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-06-07 17:05 ` Xah Lee
2009-06-07 21:24 ` notbob
2009-06-08 5:13 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2009-06-08 11:46 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-06-12 17:34 ` John A Pershing Jr
2009-06-12 18:38 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-06-12 20:57 ` Jeff Clough
[not found] ` <mailman.556.1244868430.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-06-13 15:45 ` notbob
2009-06-13 16:12 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-06-07 21:31 ` Chris F.A. Johnson
2009-06-07 22:18 ` Chris Gordon-Smith [this message]
2009-06-08 4:58 ` Ian Eure
2009-06-07 22:55 ` Davin Pearson
2009-06-08 0:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-06-13 17:13 ` Andreas Röhler
[not found] ` <mailman.569.1244913073.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-06-13 18:08 ` B. T. Raven
[not found] ` <mailman.179.1244421488.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-06-08 20:05 ` Chris Gordon-Smith
2009-06-21 12:01 ` Chris Gordon-Smith
2009-07-06 0:16 ` Miles Bader
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