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

[Xavier Maillard]

   From: Edward Dodge <user@foo.bar>

   casioculture@gmail.com writes:

   > In the tutorial it suggests I use  C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n rather than
   > arrow keys, why should i?
   > 
   > 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.
   > 
   > Trying to get used to this is such a pain. It's ludicrous.
   > 

   I think they're mnemonics:

   C-p(revious), C-n(ext) -- one line

   C-f(orward), C-b(back) -- one character

I feel nuch more comfortable by using these key bindings than any arrow keys.
This is simpler than trying to get in touch with these small arrow keys (at 
least
on my laptop).

Xavier