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authorEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2001-03-08 07:42:45 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2001-03-08 07:42:45 +0000
commit21c983fc689f674c4d1b180e714e84c603877eab (patch)
treeb836ec297b18672b4ebd1dc6a71bac105856290c /man/basic.texi
parentc210f766a0d65c17ddcaff933821ccc58f470e4d (diff)
(Moving Point): Mention C-v and M-v, and the arrow keys.
From Simon Green <[email protected]>.
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@@ -165,9 +165,11 @@ Move to the beginning of the line (@code{beginning-of-line}).
@item C-e
Move to the end of the line (@code{end-of-line}).
@item C-f
-Move forward one character (@code{forward-char}).
+Move forward one character (@code{forward-char}). The @key{->} right
+arrow key, if your keyboard has it, does the same.
@item C-b
-Move backward one character (@code{backward-char}).
+Move backward one character (@code{backward-char}). The @key{<-} left
+arrow key has the same effect.
@item M-f
Move forward one word (@code{forward-word}).
@item M-b
@@ -175,9 +177,11 @@ Move backward one word (@code{backward-word}).
@item C-n
Move down one line, vertically (@code{next-line}). This command
attempts to keep the horizontal position unchanged, so if you start in
-the middle of one line, you end in the middle of the next.
+the middle of one line, you end in the middle of the next. The down
+arrow key, if your keyboard has it, does the same.
@item C-p
-Move up one line, vertically (@code{previous-line}).
+Move up one line, vertically (@code{previous-line}). The up arrow key
+has the same effect.
@item M-r
Move point to left margin, vertically centered in the window
(@code{move-to-window-line}). Text does not move on the screen.
@@ -186,6 +190,13 @@ A numeric argument says which screen line to place point on. It counts
screen lines down from the top of the window (zero for the top line). A
negative argument counts lines from the bottom (@minus{}1 for the bottom
line).
+@item C-v
+Scroll the display forward one windowfull. If your keyboard has a
+@key{PageDown} key, it does the same. Scrolling commands are further
+described in @ref{Scrolling}.
+@item M-v
+Scroll the display backward one windowfull. The @key{PageUp} key has
+the same effect. @xref{Scrolling}.
@item M-<
Move to the top of the buffer (@code{beginning-of-buffer}). With
numeric argument @var{n}, move to @var{n}/10 of the way from the top.