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

[Evgeny Panasyuk]

12.03.2016 22:14, Chad Brown:

Interesting data, thank you!

>    * Using the mouse for distant positional editing is often faster and
>      rarely slower than using the keyboard. The theory I recall is that
>      tying scrolling to analog physical movements enables people to use
>      the spatial-reckoning hardware in our brains.
>
>    * Interestingly, emacs has seen a recent flowering of new navigation
>      modes that are largely based on searching rather than positioning
>      (ace-jump, avy, swiper, etc).
> ...
> ...
>    * Similarly, many users *feel* like moving their hand to the mouse
>      for any positioning task is slower than using the keyboard, even
>      if it is not (mostly for non-local positioning).

There are special "mouse" kinds which are built-in into keyboard.
For instance Trackpoint: 
https://microle.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/trackpoint.jpg
- it is near home row, and actually feels fast and convenient for 
non-local positioning. I wonder what is faster - trackpoint or 
keyboard-based search techniques like ace-jump.

Subjectively ace-jump makes impression of two roundtrips - first is to 
recognize which character to search, and second - which one to select 
from alternatives.

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Evgeny Panasyuk