Re: Arrow Keys?

[Lennart Borgman]

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Christian
Herenz<herenz@physik.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Chris Gordon-Smith schrieb:
>>
>> Hello All
>>
>> I have recently started using Emacs on a regular basis. I read in the
>> Emacs documentation that it is more efficient to use C-N, C-P etc. rather
>> than arrow keys. Is this really true? I'm persisting with it, but those
>> arrow keys still seem pretty attractive.
>
> Yeah... I also tend to use them frequently for navigational purposes. But, I
> think the general idea is, that you dont have to move the hand away from the
> area which it is on, when you are writing.

... and you can of course use Emacs with a vi key interface (Viper)
which is (according to some people) more efficient ... once you have
learned it of course ... ;-)