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Using the keyboard for speed
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As you become even more proficient at editing you may want to speed
things up by doing more from the keyboard. Many of the operations
implemented via the menus (and buttons) have keyboard equivalents, e.g.

Ctrl-a  Beginning Of Line

Ctrl-a means:- press and hold down the Control key, and while it is
held down press and release the A key, after which the Control key can
be released.

Other operations involve the use of the Meta key. However, keyboards
don't have a key labelled Meta, so some other key, which varies from
machine to machine, performs the role. It is Alt on Acorns, Compose
Character on Vaxstations, and either of the ones at the ends of the
Space Bar on Suns, viz.  Left and Right on Sun 3s, and the keys with a
diamond shape as label on Type 4 and Type 5 keyboards. The Meta key is
used similarly to the Control key. *Note The default key bindings:
Bindings, for a list of the default bindings.

Some of the operations that are available via the menus and buttons do
not have default bindings. Note: Actions specific to aXe, for
a description of how they too can be associated with key strokes. The
information there assumes a knowledge of how to use and specify X
resources.

Bindings

The default key bindings