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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "roodwriter@core.com" <roodwriter@core.com>
> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:13:03 -0500
> 
> I think the tutorial should start with the arrow keys and then give
> the commands as options and the history behind them.

The version of the tutorial that is in the development sources, and
which will be in the next Emacs release, already does that:

    * BASIC CURSOR CONTROL
    ----------------------

    Moving from screenful to screenful is useful, but how do you
    move to a specific place within the text on the screen?

    There are several ways you can do this.  You can use the arrow keys,
    but it's more efficient to keep your hands in the standard position
    and use the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n.  These characters
    are equivalent to the four arrow keys, like this: