Re: Arrow Keys?

[Ian Eure]

On Jun 7, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote:

> Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2009-06-07, Chris Gordon-Smith wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> >  That depends on your typing habits. If you sit at the keyboard with
> >  your fingers in the home position all the time, then they probably
> >  are more efficient. Otherwise, probably not.
> Hmm. Well, I probably do. That may be a hard habit to lose. I'll  
> persist
> for a while longer.
It is a hard habit to lose. I preferred the arrow keys for a very,  
very long time, but recently came around to the C-fbnp bindings. It's  
definitely faster then moving my hand over to the arrow keys, and it  
certainly helps immensely when switching from word or sexp motion to  
character motion.

Ditto C-v / M-v / C-M-v / C-M-S-v for scrolling.

 - Ian