From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob@bb.nothome.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrow Keys? Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:45:17 -0600 Message-ID: <87eito5e9e.fsf@bb.nothome.com> References: <791jqsF1otu7cU1@mid.individual.net> <87y6rx5mbu.fsf@iki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244911246 22771 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2009 16:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:40:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 13 18:40:43 2009 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 1MFWHa-0002Gh-19 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:40:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52022 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFWHZ-0004OZ-79 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:40:41 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe06.ams2.POSTED!800a5453!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BZ043T8zTexDxaQoCFcyYKVKsGI= Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@WWWSpace.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:45:19 UTC Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:170023 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:65248 Archived-At: Jeff Clough writes: > your keyboard for a reason. If you do chording with the opposite hand > (right Control for f/b and left Control for n/p) than the "ergonomic" > problem goes away. I guess that's one way to look at it, not overworking either hand. OTOH (heh...), sometimes it's just handier (damn, can't escape it!) to be able to use one hand for cursor direction. That's when I move to the arrow keys, typically when I'm about the highlight/copy/paste with the mouse. BTW, I know about yank, but that cuts text. Is there a similar function for just copying text without cutting it? nb