From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Binding C-a to select all Date: 25 Jun 2008 06:02:55 GMT Message-ID: References: <860891f5-ebe7-4813-a63a-50449b7df59a@g16g2000pri.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214376053 11537 80.91.229.12 (25 Jun 2008 06:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:40:53 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 25 08:41:38 2008 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 1KBOhB-00048R-Bq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:41:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35460 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KBOgL-000747-T6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:40:41 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Trace: individual.net W53Awqw6RLZv0CvXV20njwEJ0u38HQ0E/iplyoR/Tr4D+SDcdd Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZAoEWy0GRU2pQM/3YawjMFJSZoY= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Editor: Emacs of course! User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:159720 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:55073 Archived-At: Davin Pearson wrote: > and I have never looked back! To me this seems sensible because a PC > keyboard already has cursor keys and home/end keys so I believe that > there is no need for the those standard Emacs keybindings. the reason for using control key combos for cursor movement rather than the cursor keys is that you don't need to take your hands off the keyboard to move the cursor. that way you can move around the text a lot faster, especially if you're a touch-typist. -- Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9)