On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On May 9, 2010, at 12:03 AM, Scott Randby wrote:
>
>  On 05/08/2010 04:22 PM, Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>> Carsten Dominik schrieb:
>>>
>>>> I am wondering:
>>>>
>>>> How many of your are using these keys
>>>>
>>>> C-c C-f
>>>> C-c C-b
>>>> C-c C-n
>>>> C-c C-p
>>>>
>>>
>>> Never. I always use the speed commands since they became available.
>>>
>>
>> The problem I have with speed commands is that, according to the manual,
>> they only work "when the cursor is at the beginning of a headline." I need
>> commands that work when the cursor is anywhere on the headline.
>>
>
> How about if C-M-a went back to the beginning of the heading and then you
> use speed commands?  Would that be an alternative, or is that one command to
> much?
>
> - Carsten


This makes a great deal of sense to me.

I am frequently frustrated when locating the start or end of a tree: how to
reliably place point so that M-<Enter> creates a new tree of the desired
level?  I suggest the following postconditions: C-M-a guarantees that speed
keys are applicable, and C-M-e guarantees that M-<Enter> is applicable.

Andrew