Re: how to position cursor at top/middle/bottom of the current screen? ( H / M / L in Vi)

[Stephen Berman]

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:55:27 -0400 Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote:

> At Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:54:34 -0700 David Lam <david.k.lam1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hey cool thanks... this mailing list is helpful wooo  ->
>>
>> ;; from Emacs Mailing list on 10/8/2008 4pm!!!
>> ;; 'H' in vi
>> (defun move-to-window-first-line ()
>>   (interactive)
>>   (move-to-window-line 0))
>>
>>  ;; 'L' in vi
>> (defun move-to-window-last-line ()
>>   (interactive)
>>   (move-to-window-line -1))
>
> So these are already bound to keys
>
> C-U 0 M-r     move to first line
> C-U - 1 M-r   move to first line
>
> When in X these can be shortened to
>
> M-0 M-r
> M-- 1 M-r    that one is meta minus, followed by 1, followed by meta r

The latter can be shorter:

M-- M-r

Steve Berman