Re: Arrow Keys?

[Ian Eure <ian@digg.com>]

On Jun 7, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote:

> 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.
>
It is a hard habit to lose. I preferred the arrow keys for a very,  
very long time, but recently came around to the C-fbnp bindings. It's  
definitely faster then moving my hand over to the arrow keys, and it  
certainly helps immensely when switching from word or sexp motion to  
character motion.

Ditto C-v / M-v / C-M-v / C-M-S-v for scrolling.

  - Ian