From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:48:24 GMT Organization: Level(3) Communications, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1c58a7c3.0310010003.78c0fa00@posting.google.com> <3f7ac211$0$34892$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065035368 18573 80.91.224.253 (1 Oct 2003 19:09:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:09:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 01 21:09:26 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4mLm-0004eH-00 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:09:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A4jQR-0006AF-B9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:02:03 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!216.218.192.242!news.he.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.level3.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 171.78.176.30 Original-X-Trace: news.level3.com 1065023304 171.78.176.30 (Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:48:24 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:48:24 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116995 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12924 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12924 In article <3f7ac211$0$34892$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl>, Arjan Bos wrote: >I'm using both. For example when I want to delete all characters of a >certain column I just go C-d C-n which is quit fast. To transfer a line >to a few lines above, I go C-a C-k C-k C-p C-p C-p C-y. >In both examples I continue to hold down the CTRL key with my right-hand >pink. > >But when I want to identify a small region I'd like to do TAB >Cursor-down TAB Cursor-down, etc. [1] I find the sequence C-n C-i C-n C-i ... pretty easy, much like the C-d C-n sequence you mentioned above. -- Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com Level(3), Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.