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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2002-05-19 16:05:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2002-05-19 16:05:46 +0000 |
| commit | 49a8a2f59e38b7cfad5467d41a566cf9310fdcca (patch) | |
| tree | 1a57faad677017ff3305ac4c7e2ed8da8b40c848 | |
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Compare C-f, etc, with arrow keys. Mention PageUp and PageDn.
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| @@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ The following commands are useful for viewing screenfuls: | |||
| 50 | Find the cursor again and notice that the same text | 50 | Find the cursor again and notice that the same text |
| 51 | is near the cursor now. | 51 | is near the cursor now. |
| 52 | 52 | ||
| 53 | You can also use the PageUp and PageDn keys to do scrolling, if your | ||
| 54 | terminal has them, but you can edit more efficiently if you use C-v | ||
| 55 | and M-v. | ||
| 56 | |||
| 53 | 57 | ||
| 54 | * BASIC CURSOR CONTROL | 58 | * BASIC CURSOR CONTROL |
| 55 | ---------------------- | 59 | ---------------------- |
| @@ -57,11 +61,10 @@ The following commands are useful for viewing screenfuls: | |||
| 57 | Moving from screenful to screenful is useful, but how do you | 61 | Moving from screenful to screenful is useful, but how do you |
| 58 | move to a specific place within the text on the screen? | 62 | move to a specific place within the text on the screen? |
| 59 | 63 | ||
| 60 | There are several ways you can do this. The most basic way is to use | 64 | There are several ways you can do this. You can use the arrow keys, |
| 61 | the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n. Each of these commands moves the | 65 | but it's more efficient to keep your hands in the standard position |
| 62 | cursor one row or column in a particular direction on the screen. | 66 | and use the commands C-p, C-b, C-f, and C-n. These characters |
| 63 | Here is a table showing these four commands and the directions they | 67 | are equivalent to the four arrow keys, like this: |
| 64 | move: | ||
| 65 | 68 | ||
| 66 | Previous line, C-p | 69 | Previous line, C-p |
| 67 | : | 70 | : |
| @@ -75,10 +78,9 @@ move: | |||
| 75 | using C-n or C-p. Then type C-l to see the whole diagram | 78 | using C-n or C-p. Then type C-l to see the whole diagram |
| 76 | centered in the screen. | 79 | centered in the screen. |
| 77 | 80 | ||
| 78 | You'll probably find it easy to think of these by letter: P for | 81 | You'll find it easy to remember these letters by words they stand for: |
| 79 | previous, N for next, B for backward and F for forward. These are the | 82 | P for previous, N for next, B for backward and F for forward. You |
| 80 | basic cursor positioning commands, and you'll be using them ALL the | 83 | will be using these basic cursor positioning commands all the time. |
| 81 | time, so it would be of great benefit if you learn them now. | ||
| 82 | 84 | ||
| 83 | >> Do a few C-n's to bring the cursor down to this line. | 85 | >> Do a few C-n's to bring the cursor down to this line. |
| 84 | 86 | ||