Re: [dwm] [ANNOUNCE] dvtm - dynamic virtual terminal manager - aka dwm for the console

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).
Received on Sat Dec 08 2007 - 16:06:27 UTC