From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:editor-people Newsgroups: fa.editor-p Title: Cursor movement Article-I.D.: ucb.1545 Posted: Sat Jul 17 10:42:40 1982 Received: Sun Jul 18 02:43:49 1982 >From JAY@USC-ECLC Sat Jul 17 10:40:45 1982 Movement takes 1/4 of editing time and, thus, should be easily typed, and easily learned. How often have EMACS users typed ^W when they wanted ^E, ^[ for ^P, and ^B for ^N for ^V for ^M? These commands are easily learned (being mnemonic) but not so easily typed (Easily misstyped with annoying to disastrous results). The hjkl movement commands lose because they are not home keys (not easly typed). Hujk is (in my mind) the right idea but still they are not home keys. The ~Right~ keys are jikl (j left, i up, k down, l right) They are both home keys, and positionaly mnemonic. I believe that jikl would not be misstyped since they are home keys on the right hand and they are at least as easly learned as hjkl and pnfb. But Control-keys or special function keys are still too cumbersome for something as important as movement. Having never seen (much less used) a mouse I can only guess at its usefulness. Perhaps since deletion comes next in frequency it could be included, with positioning, as the function of a mouse. j' -------