Subject: bug#12132: 24.1; M-p and M-n should follow behave similarly to M-f and M-b

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:26:21 -0400

> My suggestion is to, by default, bind some movement behaviors to the M-p
> and M-n keys. Currently, the default left and right cursor movement keys
> are bound to C-f/b for going forward or backward by character, and M-f/b
> to go forward/backward by word.

Thank you for your suggestion.
I've often wondered what if anything could be bound to M-p, M-n, and
I always ended up with the conclusion that keeping them free for use by
local modes to be the best option.
Maybe it's just laziness on my part, of course.

        Stefan