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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> in your .emacs file.  That's all.  But why you should want it when
> those functions are available on C-home and C-end escapes me.

Because we're used to it?  Why do people want beginning-of-line and
end-of-line on Home and End when they're on C-a and C-e anyway?

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