Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?

[Phillip Lord]

John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I think we should first mention that arrow keys work, then invite users to
>> learn C-b etc. saying that editing will be faster.
>
> This would be my preference as well, as well as to mention that the concept of
> 'b' meaning "backward" will recur in other contexts as they learn more.

I think that the middle ground here is to talk about C-bfnp as examples
of keychords. The still get mentioned, but use of the keyboard does not
become the main focus.

Phil