On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 04:01:06PM +0100, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 03:32:28PM +0100, Antoni Grzymala wrote: > > Marc Andre Tanner dixit (2007-12-08, 15:25): > > > > > I think it should work with screen too, but the current default > > > config.h uses CTRL-A as modifier which conflicts with screen (i > > > actually used CTRL-A because i thought screen is using it so it won't > > > conflict with to many other apps). > > > > This will be a little off topic, but ^A conflicts with one of the most > > common line-editing operations (go to beginning of line in emacs mode) > > so I always change it to ^G (bell, not much to miss) on my local > > machine. I keep ^A on servers I administer, so that screens don't get > > confused. > > > > Best, > > Ok, i will consider this, i didn't know about emacs usage of ^A i am > using vim most of the time (no editor flamewars please).
Ksh does the same thing. ^A is to go to the beginning of line. Very usefull. Since I use screen, I have to type ^AA (double A).