4.3 Getting started with the editor

4.3.5 Basic movement

You can either use the arrow keys or the keyboard commands shown in Figure 4.3 to move the cursor in any direction by one character.

Figure 4.3 Keys for single-character cursor movement.

The keyboard commands shown in Figure 4.4 move the cursor to the beginning or end of the line, or the top or bottom of the buffer.

Figure 4.4 Keys for line-at-a-time and larger scale cursor movements.

You can also move directly to any point in the buffer just by clicking the left mouse button at the point you want to move to. You can also use the scroll bars to reveal sections of the buffer which are not visible in the window.

To scroll down one windowful of text, press C-v, or the Page Down key.

To scroll up one windowful of text, press Esc v or the Page Up key.

Try to learn these keyboard commands as quickly as possible. You will find navigation in a buffer very difficult without them.


FreeLisp User's Guide - 5 FEB 1996

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