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

[Lennart Borgman]

roodwriter@core.com wrote:

> Not to get into a big dispute about it, but I remember when I first 
> looked at the Emacs tutorial and saw you had to cursor with the 
> control keys, my first thought was maybe I'd bitten off too much. When 
> I found the arrow keys worked I relaxed and started learning. I've 
> always wondered how many people were intimidated by the cursoring 
> section and quit before starting. I wouldn't have had the initial 
> doubts if it'd been clear from the beginning the arrow keys were usable.
>
> But that's me. I'm glad Emacs does both.

I remember the same thing. And I am glad Emacs does vi keys too ;-)