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Well, the keybindings on emacs predate most other keybindings. I don't use it very often, but Cmd-F is forward-word, to move forward a word (heh.) For keyboards without arrow keys it is very handy (my oldest laptop didn't have them.) Cmd-R I have never used its binding (so I could rebind it, but what binding would you like to have in it? "Reload"?


sorry I mean cmd-shift-f which is usually find and replace.

and cmd-f is not the same as ctrl-f. in the emacs tongue it is referred to as s-f

predating is irrelevant. most of the younguns using text editors were born well after emacs was created.

Emacs is technically capable of being customized to suit established usage patterns. its only cultural stubborness that stops it.




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