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Re: Arrow Keys?


From: Ian Eure
Subject: Re: Arrow Keys?
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:58:39 -0700


On Jun 7, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote:

Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
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.

Hmm. Well, I probably do. That may be a hard habit to lose. I'll persist
for a while longer.

It is a hard habit to lose. I preferred the arrow keys for a very, very long time, but recently came around to the C-fbnp bindings. It's definitely faster then moving my hand over to the arrow keys, and it certainly helps immensely when switching from word or sexp motion to character motion.

Ditto C-v / M-v / C-M-v / C-M-S-v for scrolling.

 - Ian




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