A keystroke away from Doom.

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Keystroke stories ... imagine learning vi on a Dvorak keyboard.  H is where
| your J is.  J is where your C is.  K is where your V is, and L is where
| your P is.  So much for physical layout having anything to do with the
| associated directions!

EMACS keystrokes were designed for touch typists.  We don't know where
the key is, our fingers do.  Characters, not key positions, are chosen
for a function, Forward, Back, Preceding, Next: ^f, ^b, ^p, ^n.

I admit that after a while, you don't think of either character or
position, so that difference only matters while learning.

I also admit to using arrow and page keys when browsing.  They are not
convenient for touch typing (nor are function keys).
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