On 2005-12-10 15:44:34 -0800 (Sat, Dec), maxim wexler wrote: > > > > > I notice, also that Ctrl-A, X, V have no effect but I can move > > > between pages using Alt and the arrow keys. Is there some way to > > > activate those dead keys without having to install all the usual X > > > stuff. > > > > <a whole lotta stuff snipped> > > > > I don't know what you expect ^A to do, but ^X and > > ctrl+a = select all. I'm astonished you didn't know > that.
ctrl+a = move the cursor to the beginning of the line. I am surprised to hear that someone would assign that old combination to some 'select all'. Strange idea. :-)))))))))) http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars/c0.html http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~usseries/UNIXcmds.html#cmdedit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_shell -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' Trust me.
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