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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: casioculture@gmail.com
> Date: 29 Nov 2005 21:38:16 -0800
> 
> In the tutorial it suggests I use  C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n rather than
> arrow keys, why should i?

In the next release of Emacs, the tutorial will say:

    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:

and also

    You can also use the PageUp and PageDn keys to move by screenfuls, if
    your terminal has them, but you can edit more efficiently if you use
    C-v and M-v.

So it does mention the arrow keys, but teaches the Emacs bindings
because they are faster (and because no one these days needs to be
told about the arrow keys).

> What's even more annoying is this: C-p requires left hand C and right
> hand p, and then C-b requries right hand C and left hand b. Same goes
> for C-f and C-n.

Not here: I have one of my left-hand fingers constantly in the area of
Ctrl/Shift/Alt keys, and press the rest -- p, b, n, f, whatever --
with my right hand.  Just move it a little, and you get to b, n, and
everything else.