[TxMt] Re: Alternate to arrow keys for moving cursor left/right?

[Morgan Packard]

I can work faster if I don't have to lift my fingers out of their "home"
positions. To get to the arrow keys, I have to lift my fingers, look down at
the keyboard, and re-place my fingers. I'm finding using the emacs keys much
more comfortable and quick.

Learning a whole set of key commands does take some time, but when you spend
eight hours a day slinging text, is well worth it, I think.

-m-

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:12 PM, plastichairdoo
<plastichairdoo at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am totally failing to understand why the usual Opt-arrow keys aren't
> acceptable for you... is there some advantage to having to learn a whole
> bunch of new key commands?
> maybe I'm just missing the point.
>
> BUT - now that I think about it - there is one issue that I'd like to know
> about. why is it that in TM (and in TM only) the Cmd-arrow keys aren't bound
> to the end-of-line functionality?
>
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Morgan Packard wrote:
>
> Now, how would I go about selecting text while using these?
> -m-
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Michael Bøcker-Larsen <mblarsen at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Maybe this helps
>>
>> ctrl+f moves cursor one character forward
>> ctrl+b .. and backward
>>
>> (hold alt/option to skip by word)
>>
>> ctrl+a beginning of line
>> ctrl+e .. and end of line
>>
>> ctrl+n move to next line
>> ctrl+p .. and to previous
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Morgan Packard <morgan at morganpackard.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I've realized I waste many precious milliseconds lifting my fingers up
>>> from their homes over to the arrow keys. Is there a key combination which
>>> will move the cursor left and right for me? How would I go about setting one
>>> up?
>>> thanks,
>>> -Morgan
>>>
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