From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrow Keys? Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:58:21 +0200 Message-ID: References: <791jqsF1otu7cU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244375935 10038 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2009 11:58:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 11:58:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Christian Herenz Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 07 13:58:51 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 1MDH1V-0002Uy-T2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:58:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49592 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDH1V-0008Vg-9L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDH16-0008R8-Fp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDH15-0008Pi-Je for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44926 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDH15-0008PZ-GF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:27854) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MDH15-0003Nn-29 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:23 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so706557fga.7 for ; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:58:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SzOCiXg4rkZHbaUSCK1JV/fHwGuwLpLGSoVlATdbQpU=; b=MobGt/uRyY8lDH+htzDXTqQfUw7UztORkEeVsBnwqyo81Dp+erWBsr7KOh2Q+2CBjn 9S3XD1wdsztGj9NT+kN/C6JqKUqsAl1rDp/TqOmGr6H7rt1ZBKI9fnXVdYT94Y+FuCmH p/p9TOQ5PwwD+QpuNWSpONbzeMuu2FCzyxn/E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=NCBkhvRxcD0TpQgj47qLVAw+Ntq+/XmPQYrE3ogYbm3Oz657L8ZcZnbYYhyt/TDLvF pNkqZlyYiH70D7LGQ6rEzks4Y8K1KJkjd/Y6hRvCQu0Q/pbuzNwqTqj/K7H6ipDpzWMR v6g7xxeof+rToHyBuwhiJzp5AtX9by0eHWV34= Original-Received: by 10.239.130.194 with SMTP id 2mr384398hbk.100.1244375901727; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:58:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:65006 Archived-At: On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Christian Herenz wrote: > Chris Gordon-Smith schrieb: >> >> 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. > > Yeah... I also tend to use them frequently for navigational purposes. But, I > think the general idea is, that you dont have to move the hand away from the > area which it is on, when you are writing. ... and you can of course use Emacs with a vi key interface (Viper) which is (according to some people) more efficient ... once you have learned it of course ... ;-)