From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help with setting a key (C- moving a full word to the right) Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:06:34 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87ip1psptx.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370634981 22314 80.91.229.3 (7 Jun 2013 19:56:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:56:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 07 21:56:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul2lo-0005zK-SH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:56:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32874 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul2lo-0007qH-HJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:56:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SWN/nubmpQxYKwY7hPy4YA.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rtF9lBPqVtGen0DHGszcylBljlk= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:199116 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:54:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91383 Archived-At: Max Rubin writes: > I want ctrl+right arrow to move forward one whole word at a > time, and ctrl+left arrow to move back a whole word at a time. > The keys M-f and M-b already do this using 'forward-word and > 'backward-word M-f and M-b are much better shortcuts for this. That way you don't have to move you right hand from the typing area of the keyboard. All the cursor movement shortcuts are placed there, and for good reason: C-a, C-e (start or end of line); C-f, C-b (move forward or backward by char); M-d, M-DEL (kill word forward or backward); C-t to "transpose", i.e., to fix the common typo of incorrect char order; etc. You are able to move the cursor wherever you like it, kill, yank, whatever you like to do, but at the instant you are done and wish to resume typing, both your hands are still in the correct position. Jambunathan K writes: > (global-set-key [C-right] (quote forward-word)) That doesn't work for me. When I press C-right, only is reported. I'm using GNU Emacs 23.4.1 in a Linux VT. -- Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below) computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573