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"The keys either have English mnemonics (C-b/C-f = back/forward), or are completely arbitrary (C-v = page-down)." Bad example for a completely arbitrary key...

"The keys either have English mnemonics (C-b/C-f = back/forward), or are completely arbitrary (C-v = page-down)." Bad example for a completely arbitrary key... v looks like a down arrow. Hence, page down.

ken 19y ago
Ah, you must be one of those visual-learner types!
- Hexstream 19y ago
  The funny thing is that I always thought (just like you) that C-v was an arbitrarily assigned key before you mentionned it. I guess we could call this "contradiction intuition" or something.