From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Skipping words with C- like other editors do Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:54:18 -0800 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20180415215418.GE31322@mail.akwebsoft.com> References: <778085015.663724.1523818187137.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <86po3087t3.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523829168 27409 195.159.176.226 (15 Apr 2018 21:52:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:52:48 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 15 23:52:44 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pZj-00073m-Jg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 23:52:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46028 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pbq-0000aw-At for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:54:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46420) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pbL-0000af-OY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:54:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pbI-00028n-Kg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:54:23 -0400 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:49232) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7pbI-000280-Al for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:54:20 -0400 Original-Received: by linus (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9DC0824001D; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:54:18 -0800 (AKDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86po3087t3.fsf@zoho.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 64.4.232.191 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116536 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg [180415 13:47]: > R. Diez wrote: > > > I am not satisfied with the standard > > behaviour of C- etc. I want it to work > > the way most "normal" editors do. > > Use these keys: > > C-f `forward-char' > C-b `backward-char' > M-f `forward-word' > M-b `backward-word' > C-e `move-end-of-line' > C-a `move-beginning-of-line' > > and so on. > > There is a tutorial that helps you get the > basic finger habits going, I think, tho I never > did it myself. `C-h t' seems to start it. What Emanuel says. Furthermore - If you do c-h (or F1) - k then enter any one of the keys Emanuel listed. You will then get full documentation of the function it invokes. You can roll your own functions if not satisfied with behavior, and even rebind any keystroke to a new function. But do give emacs a chance to reveal itself in the "emacsen" way of doing things. cheers -- Tim Johnson http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com