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From: Matt H <matt@proweb.co.uk>
To: 9fans <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: [9fans] home, end ^h^j^k^l
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 11:18:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9866732295.20010518111829@proweb.co.uk> (raw)

Hello 9fans,

  here's my question for today

  over the years i've rather got used to home, end and the cursor
  keys. I find it slightly cumbersome so reach for the mouse to move
  up a line in acme and I keep instinctively press the up key and lose
  my concentration when I find myself a page away.

  So, is there a simple way to enable those keys to move as I expect
  them to (without hacking the source)?

  If not then my supplementary is why?
  What's the philosophy of not allowing the cursor keys to move the cursor?

  Same goes for the shell. I love the freeform nature of it but really
  miss home and end. Ctrl-U is about as good as it seems to get.

  I hope I'm missing something, I'd be disappointed to lose out on all
  that keyboard training.

-- 
Best regards,
 Matt                          mailto:matt@proweb.co.uk




             reply	other threads:[~2001-05-18 10:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-18 10:18 Matt H [this message]
2001-05-18 19:26 ` Chris Locke
2001-05-18 19:34   ` Scott Schwartz
2001-05-19  7:54   ` Re[2]: " Matt H
2001-05-19 17:07     ` Quinn Dunkan
2001-05-19 16:00       ` Re[4]: " Matt H
2001-05-19 20:46         ` Boyd Roberts
2001-05-21 16:24           ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-05-21 16:23       ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-05-19 20:19     ` Re[2]: " Boyd Roberts
2001-05-18 22:28 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-05-18 15:17 Russ Cox
2001-05-21  8:38 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-05-18 20:23 rog
2001-05-19 15:39 Re[4]: " rob pike
2001-05-21 16:24 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-05-22  6:25 nemo
2001-05-22  6:35 ` Scott Merrilees
2001-05-22  8:31 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-05-22  7:17 nemo
2001-05-22 12:36 rob pike
2001-05-22 14:42 nemo

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