Am i unusual or are the emacs forward and back keys the wrong way round?
I constantly hit C-b for forward and C-f for backward because b is forward of f and f is back of b as laid out on the (qwerty) keyboard (at least thats my logic)
C-n and C-p cause no such problems as they are intuitively the right way round, e.g. p is ‘up’ from n
likewise with C-a and C-e
its nice to have the letter mean something, e.g. f for forward and b for back but my brain prefers actual position over the right initial
does anyone else have this issue?
as an aside how do dvorak users cope?
should i swap the key bindings round or does that way madness lie?
(possibly part of the problem is I have only just started weaning myself of the arrow keys using no-easy-keys.el)
Let me answer quickly before the famed SO content nazis delet your question as too open-ended. Emacs keybinding on standard 104 key PC keyboard is a disaster. I personally never confused C-f and C-b, but I did get strained pinkies from pressing Ctrl all the time until I redefined Caps Lock as Ctrl. Since then, by miracle, Emacs became the most comfortable piece of software on my machine. But back to your original question, I think I never had problems confusing C-b because it’s simply hard to reach. Nevertheless, as much as I love Emacs, I must admit that vi rocks for using h, j, k, l keys for, respectively, back, down, up, and forward. I’ve heard there was a plugin named ‘vile’ for Emacs, but I never tried it. That might be of help to you.