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From: Alex Schroeder <alex@emacswiki.org>
Subject: Re: German tutorial fix
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:54:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87n0uwuwkc.fsf@emacswiki.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200205190530.g4J5UNa22924@aztec.santafe.edu> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 18 May 2002 23:30:23 -0600 (MDT)")

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> + but you can edit more efficiently if

> ! but it's more efficient to keep your hands in the standard position

I don't like this at all.  It seems to be an unsubstantiated claim.
People like Jef Raskin ("The Humane Interface") will argue for
"dedicated keys" such as the arrow keys.  People from the RSI crowd
will argue for hands moving out of the standard position in order to
prevent injuries.  Some will claim this is wrong.  The point is,
nobody knows for sure.

It is much better to use other arguments.  For example:

+ You can also use the PageUp and PageDn keys to do scrolling, if your
+ terminal has them, but you can use C-v and M-v when you are using
  Emacs over a dumb terminal.

...

! There are several ways you can do this.  You can use the arrow keys,
! but sometimes your terminal does not allow this.   In these situations,
  use the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n.  These characters
! are equivalent to the four arrow keys, like this:

...

Alex.
-- 
http://www.electronicintifada.net/diaries/index.html
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/US-Israel/hr2506c.html

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-19 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-14 13:07 German tutorial fix Mario Lang
2002-05-14 15:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16  7:22   ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-16 10:37     ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16 12:52       ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-16 14:10         ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-16 15:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-17 19:28         ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18  0:44           ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18  2:00             ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18  7:17               ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-18 11:59               ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18 12:12                 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18 12:55                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-18 13:11                     ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-19  4:56                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19  5:30                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 20:36                     ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-20 22:58                   ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-19  5:30                 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-19 12:54                   ` Alex Schroeder [this message]
2002-05-19 13:30                     ` Miles Bader
2002-05-19 14:47                       ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-19 15:26                       ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 16:10                         ` Miles Bader
2002-05-20 10:47                           ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-23 19:45                         ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-23 23:45                           ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-20 14:48                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 14:18               ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-18  6:44             ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19 19:44             ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-20 14:40               ` Mario Lang
2002-05-20 21:13                 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-17 19:28       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-15  0:13 ` Werner LEMBERG
2002-05-15  4:41   ` Eli Zaretskii

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