From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: move to line beginning without 'Ctrl+A' Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:56:37 -0500 Organization: Symantec Message-ID: References: <96dd6e6e-b630-4a97-a2d6-1b5b4ae9567c@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <7df997d8-6238-4111-87c3-a12ccd888fa4@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200955245 23592 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2008 22:40:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:40:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 21 23:41:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JH5K5-0002sc-0D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:40:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JH5Jf-0006Uk-Ak for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:40:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:56:37 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b2 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 29 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.108.171 Original-X-Trace: sv3-JT3oOqeHKs/BC7KJrI5N0HmHSbb4wu4a/ELSKG7pe8IFZFtBX0G9+UCZW8ABicOT9I7LU/lcticxjWU!4weWdxp4rFe+vB9jrqWDwVBIrq5rqTXpvtwLZ3pQvc+gfHY+qj03vSZpfhfwxv4ywcA4/fqgESeP!vt3/bKN4AVo/nBvhFodxg63fFTuYbw58tnoIBkG77A== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.37 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:155451 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50855 Archived-At: In article <7df997d8-6238-4111-87c3-a12ccd888fa4@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, ilovemiami wrote: > On Jan 21, 2:55 pm, Oleg Katsitadze wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:09:06PM -0800, ilovemiami wrote: > > > Is there anyway to move to line beginning without 'Ctrl+A'. I am using > > > 'screen', the key binding 'Ctrl+A' is reserved by 'screen'. > > > > Some people like to change screen's command key instead. Good > > candidates seem to be Z or ]. > > > > Cheers, > > Oleg > > Yes, that is a good option. I just switch screen command character to > 'C-P'. It works! I guess you must use arrow keys a lot, since that's the Emacs keybinding to move to the previous line. When I used screen on a regular basis, I used C-\ as its escape character. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***