From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why? Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:59:21 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1133329096.909577.80790@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <11pmkm7sol448a9@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134401520 7165 80.91.229.2 (12 Dec 2005 15:32:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 12 16:31:59 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElpcA-0003d6-TM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:29:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElpVt-0005r9-0b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:22:53 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Trace: individual.net PiY+7GYphXz/oIaJzbzIEQwStBxWyMd/B9F3Wq9a+awM+tZdpD User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:upxrPvzRMh/xfWl+sXEOW8YEEXM= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:136275 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:31889 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > * 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: I think phrases like "but it's more efficient" is a bit dangerous. I'd rather want something like "but some feel it's more efficient". It all depends on the user, his keyboard, his habits etc.