Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Tom <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:54:23 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> Evgeny Panasyuk <evgeny.panasyuk <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > 10.03.2016 0:32, Tim Cross :
> > > Emacs has an audience/user base, but to believe that equals the set of
> > > all people who use editors is a mistake. Some people just want a very
> > > simple editor which is easy to use and only does basic editing - there
> > > are plenty of these editors.
> > 
> > IMO larger user base, including "casual" users, would not harm Emacs.
> > 
> 
> Indeed. Therefore the tutorial for new users should emphasize features
> which are  better in emacs compared to other tools.
> 
> C-p and co. are not better, they are just different and not very
> ergonomical either.

Why are we continue to argue?  The tutorial clearly states that arrow
keys can be used, and I don't think users of today's computers need to
be taught how to use the arrow keys.  So what's exactly the problem?