From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: use.address@my.homepage.invalid (Chris Gordon-Smith) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrow Keys? Date: 21 Jun 2009 12:01:24 GMT Organization: SimSoup Message-ID: <7a6lokF1trukkU1@mid.individual.net> References: <791jqsF1otu7cU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245588040 16036 80.91.229.12 (21 Jun 2009 12:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:40:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 21 14:40:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MIMLe-0007Qh-FB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:40:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40146 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MIMLd-00074y-QA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:40:37 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Trace: individual.net zuoTLMuUaKt4Tg+bKK4L+wM+2H5tFM06NOFdLoAxX+J1M+9apR X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:uUq5JhAc+UQYqW5/tiwN5iPDAq0= User-Agent: tin/1.9.3-20080506 ("Dalintober") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.26-2-686 (i686)) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:170193 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:65413 Archived-At: 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. > > Chris Gordon-Smith > www.simsoup.info Thanks to all who responded. I think I'll adopt a 'non-purist' attitude and use C-N, C-P etc. when convenient and arrow keys otherwise. Going to extreme lengths to avoid using the arrow keys could become a distraction. Perhaps an expert can type slightly faster using C-N etc., but much of my time in front of a keyboard is in any case spent thinking, so any increase in typing speed would be marginal. Chris Gordon-Smith www.simsoup.info