From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrowless navigation Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:21:28 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <877izwgstj.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158918046 31615 80.91.229.2 (22 Sep 2006 09:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 22 11:40:46 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GQhWR-0005TF-MB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:40:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GQhWP-0007Qh-RS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:40:37 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!192.87.166.29.MISMATCH!txtfeed2.tudelft.nl!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!feed.xsnews.nl!feeder.xsnews.nl!138.199.65.86.MISMATCH!sn-xt-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-03!sn-xt-ams-10!sn-xt-ams-05!sn-post-ams-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fofJs+a//++g2K3MQErmDCdi8l4= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 23 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141939 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37560 Archived-At: "Vyacheslav Akhmechet" writes: > I recently disabled the arrow keys to avoid temptation. However, I > find that default navigation is fairly uncomfortable: C-f, C-b, C-n, > C-p. The keys are far away from each other and navigating like that is > really stressful on the fingers. Why is this done this way? > > Do most people redefine these bindings? Initially I wanted to redefine > to C-j, C-k, C-l and C-i (because they resemble the arrow keys and are > close to the home row) but some of the most common emacs bindings are > there. So how do the pros navigate? > You could try one of the other modes, such as CUA-mode to get CUA key bindings. I think there are other modes as well, such as Wordstar mode, and various other editor emulation modes. HTH Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au