9. On the keyboard alone emacs has always offered a full set of editing possibilities. Generally, several techniques wil
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9. On the keyboard alone emacs has always offered a fullset of editing possibilities.
Generally, several techniques will accomplish the samegoal for any editing task. In the X
environment the choice is enlarged still further with anew group of mouse-oriented
visual alternatives. From these options you must selectthe way that you like to solve a
given editing puzzle best.
Consider this Shakespearean fragment:
1. Full fathom five thy father lies;
2. Of his bones are coral made;
3. Those are pearls that were his eyes:
4. Nothing of him that doth fade,
5. But doth suffer a sea-change
6. Into something rich and strange.
7. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
8. Ding-dong.
9. Hark! now I hear them—
10. Ding-dong, bell!
The following fragment has been typed with someerrors:
1. Full fathiom five tyy father lies;
2. These are pearls that were his eyes:
3. Of his bones are coral made;
4. Nothin of him that doth fade,
5. But doth susffer a sea-change
6. Into something rich and strange.
7. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
8. Ding=dong.
9. Hard! now I hear them—
10. Ding-dong, bell!
Use only the keyboard to answer thefollowing:
a) How many ways can you think of to move the cursor tothe spelling errors?
b) Once the cursor is on or near the errors, how manyways can you think of to fix them?
c) Are there ways to fix errors without explicitlynavigating to or searching for them? How
many can you think of?
d) Lines 2 and 3 in the retyped material are transposed.How many ways can you think of to
correct this situation?
Generally, several techniques will accomplish the samegoal for any editing task. In the X
environment the choice is enlarged still further with anew group of mouse-oriented
visual alternatives. From these options you must selectthe way that you like to solve a
given editing puzzle best.
Consider this Shakespearean fragment:
1. Full fathom five thy father lies;
2. Of his bones are coral made;
3. Those are pearls that were his eyes:
4. Nothing of him that doth fade,
5. But doth suffer a sea-change
6. Into something rich and strange.
7. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
8. Ding-dong.
9. Hark! now I hear them—
10. Ding-dong, bell!
The following fragment has been typed with someerrors:
1. Full fathiom five tyy father lies;
2. These are pearls that were his eyes:
3. Of his bones are coral made;
4. Nothin of him that doth fade,
5. But doth susffer a sea-change
6. Into something rich and strange.
7. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
8. Ding=dong.
9. Hard! now I hear them—
10. Ding-dong, bell!
Use only the keyboard to answer thefollowing:
a) How many ways can you think of to move the cursor tothe spelling errors?
b) Once the cursor is on or near the errors, how manyways can you think of to fix them?
c) Are there ways to fix errors without explicitlynavigating to or searching for them? How
many can you think of?
d) Lines 2 and 3 in the retyped material are transposed.How many ways can you think of to
correct this situation?