Re: [9fans] Shall we fix the use of Up/Dn arrows?

[Bela Valek <bvalek2@gmail.com>]

I agree, but only because PgDown and PgUp do the same as the Down and
Up arrows. Having two pairs of keys doing the same thing on the
keyboard is a waste. On the other hand, I found it easy to get used to
the Plan 9 approach. Its comfortable for me either way, I only think
that this modification would add a new functionality to the interface.

2010/1/23 Yi DAI <plm.day@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Plan9. This request sounds quite simple/naive. Don't think that
> I dislike the Plan9 ways. I enjoy it a lot. But it doesn't mean that it
> needs no improvement/fix, right?
> OK, here is my suggestion. We shall fix the use of Up/Dn arrows, I mean,
> instead of using it to go one page up/dn, use it to move the cursor up/dn
> one line. Here are two reasons for this:
> 1. We use Lf/Rt arrows to move the cursor, don't we? Then use Up/Dn to do
> the same kind of task is symmetric, and thus more reasonable.
> 2. We already have PageUp/PageDown keys which do the task of paging up/dn,
> and symmetrically, Home/End to move to the first and last page.
>
> EOT
>
>
> --
> DAY
>