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		robrenaud on Oct 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Level Up Your Shell Game Here is a rule for how to level up your shell/editing game. If you ever touch your arrow keys, you are doing something wrong. > ctrl + left arrow Moves the cursor to the left by one word > ctrl + right arrow Moves the cursor to the right by one word Alt + b and Alt + f are also aliases for the same action.

xerophtye on Oct 25, 2013 [–]

uhh.... So what's wrong with doing the exact same thing with arrow keys? isn't that more natural and convenient?

robrenaud on Oct 25, 2013 | [–]

Your hand has to move a few inches. It wastes time. You can optimize it out of your workflow.

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