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From: bkhl@elektrubadur.se (Björn Lindström)
Subject: Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why?
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:36:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k6e6f673.fsf@lucien.dreaming> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ur78hwgda.fsf@gmail.com

Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com> writes:

> OK, the distance from the home row is shorter, but I still don't think
> you can conclude that it is more efficient. For example, C-f require
> "two" (or one, or one and a half if you want) keypresses while the
> arrow keys require only single keypresses.

That argument is a bit flawed. Too use the arrow keys you have to
abandon the basic touch typing position completely and then find it
again. This will take a lot longer than pressing any key combination you
can reach from the basic position.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-12-15 20:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-30  5:38 C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why? casioculture
2005-11-30  5:55 ` Herbert Euler
2005-11-30  8:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-30  8:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-11-30  9:32 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2005-11-30 11:58 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-11-30 13:21   ` David Hansen
2005-11-30 21:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-30 21:49 ` Tim Johnson
2005-12-09 22:03 ` Edward Dodge
2005-12-10  9:51   ` Xavier Maillard
2005-12-10 22:13 ` roodwriter
2005-12-10 22:40   ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]   ` <mailman.18736.1134254458.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-10 23:09     ` roodwriter
2005-12-10 23:12       ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-11  4:18   ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]   ` <mailman.18760.1134274741.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-12 11:59     ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-12 21:04       ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-12 22:32         ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-12 23:22         ` Tim Johnson
     [not found]       ` <mailman.19039.1134421524.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-13  8:28         ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-13  8:56           ` Ralf Angeli
2005-12-13 17:27             ` Tim Johnson
2005-12-13 20:27           ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-15 20:36           ` Björn Lindström [this message]
2005-12-15 23:26             ` Xavier Maillard
2005-12-17 10:52           ` don provan
     [not found]           ` <mailman.19488.1134911034.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-12-19  9:24             ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-15  6:15         ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-15  9:21           ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-15 12:01             ` Per Abrahamsen
2005-12-15 16:47               ` Drew Adams
2005-12-15 18:28               ` Mathias Dahl
2005-12-15 20:43                 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-15 13:15             ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-15 17:40               ` Xavier Maillard
2005-12-15 17:52                 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-12-16 17:46               ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-15 19:18           ` Eli Zaretskii
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-11-30  5:52 Dave Humphries
     [not found] <mailman.17286.1133329946.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-11-30 11:08 ` David Kastrup

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