From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrow Keys? Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:31:04 +0000 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: References: <791jqsF1otu7cU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: cfajohnson@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244410845 5099 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2009 21:40:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:40:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 07 23:40:43 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 1MDQ6b-0004OA-Ji for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:40:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58072 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDQ6b-0007B5-5t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:40:41 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!TEKSAVVY.COM-a2kHrUvQQWlmc!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Trace: f05884a2c31986b5d2e0608485 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:169793 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:65022 Archived-At: On 2009-06-07, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote: > Hello All > > I have recently started using Emacs on a regular basis. I read in the Emacs > documentation that it is more efficient to use C-N, C-P etc. rather than > arrow keys. Is this really true? I'm persisting with it, but those arrow > keys still seem pretty attractive. That depends on your typing habits. If you sit at the keyboard with your fingers in the home position all the time, then they probably are more efficient. Otherwise, probably not. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)