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| From: | B. T. Raven |
| Subject: | Re: How can I move my cursor 80 characters with a key binding? |
| Date: | Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:50:40 GMT |
"Scott Teresi (sent by Nabble.com)" <lists@nabble.com> wrote in message news:mailman.20378.1135491010.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... I'm trying to figure out how to bind a key combination to a function which would move the cursor forward about 80 characters (or back 80 characters). I sometimes type very long lines in emacs and would like to be able to navigate through the line quicker than one space at a time or one word at a time. Thanks for any advice anyone can provide! Scott Sent from the Emacs - Help forum at Nabble.com: How can I move my cursor 80 characters with a key binding? The fastest way to accomplish this is to use incremental search (either C-s or C-r). Find a word or substring you want to move to and then press C-s to move forward or C-r to move backward. Hold down Ctl key and keep pressing s or r until you get to the instance of the substring you want and then press Return. The cursor will then be positioned after the substring. I would bet a not inconsequential sum of money that this will turn out to me (much!) faster than hardwiring a "forward80" function to a keychord. Ed.
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