From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrowless navigation Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:17:14 -0600 Organization: IHS Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158960516 20360 80.91.229.2 (22 Sep 2006 21:28:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 22 23:28:32 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 1GQsWb-000546-Ar for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:25:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GQsWa-0002To-RM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:25:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GQsWO-0002Th-Fc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:25:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GQsWJ-0002TS-3E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:25:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GQsWI-0002TP-Rf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:25:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GQsa7-0004aE-IX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GQsSv-0003oo-Iy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:21:45 +0200 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.206 ([207.167.42.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:21:45 +0200 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.206 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:21:45 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.206 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) In-Reply-To: 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:37568 Archived-At: don provan wrote: > As a learner, I think you're focused on the movement commands so much > that you are forgetting that they are only four of hundreds of > commands that are bound to various key sequences on multiple layers > under your finger tips. As you learn the other key sequences, you'll > find that the mnemonic help in remembering the less used commands and > the vertical relation between control and meta is much more important > than any initial desire to cluster the four movement keys in some > central location. Those are excellent points. In fact, the 4 basic movement commands usually become less used as one learns that there are more efficient ways to navigate, and even more efficient ways to edit that require less navigation. -- Kevin