From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why? Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:18:28 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1133329096.909577.80790@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11pmkm7sol448a9@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134274780 9765 80.91.229.2 (11 Dec 2005 04:19:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:19:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 11 05:19:39 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElIff-0002Fk-Rl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:18:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElIg5-0006o5-Fx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:19:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ElIfq-0006n5-Ks for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:18:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ElIfo-0006lA-Ov for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:18:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElIfo-0006l5-JN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:18:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ElIhI-0005rZ-FR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:20:28 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id HFP47188; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:18:25 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-81-70.inter.net.il [80.230.81.70]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CEP62993 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:18:24 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <11pmkm7sol448a9@corp.supernews.com> (roodwriter@core.com) 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:31867 Archived-At: > From: "roodwriter@core.com" > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:13:03 -0500 > > I think the tutorial should start with the arrow keys and then give > the commands as options and the history behind them. The version of the tutorial that is in the development sources, and which will be in the next Emacs release, already does that: * BASIC CURSOR CONTROL ---------------------- Moving from screenful to screenful is useful, but how do you move to a specific place within the text on the screen? There are several ways you can do this. You can use the arrow keys, but it's more efficient to keep your hands in the standard position and use the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n. These characters are equivalent to the four arrow keys, like this: