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		nine_k on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Entering text in the terminal is complicated These defaults are not bad if you use Emacs :) Or if you use macOS that (gasp) supports the very same ^A and ^E shortcuts in all edit controls.

eviks on July 10, 2024 [–]

They are, you just remap them in emacs and Mac as well

There is no point in suffering for decades just because some bad defaults exist elsewhere

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