Re: C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n... why?

[Edward Dodge]

casioculture@gmail.com writes:

> In the tutorial it suggests I use  C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n rather than
> arrow keys, why should i?
> 
> What's even more annoying is this: C-p requires left hand C and right
> hand p, and then C-b requries right hand C and left hand b. Same goes
> for C-f and C-n.
> 
> Trying to get used to this is such a pain. It's ludicrous.
> 

I think they're mnemonics:

C-p(revious), C-n(ext) -- one line

C-f(orward), C-b(back) -- one character



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