C-a is the worst default keybinding ever, since like, going to the beginning of ...

e12e · on Jan 8, 2020

Well, not with proper key bindings ;) (set -o vi)

ak217 · on Jan 8, 2020

In the rest of the universe, going to the beginning/end of the line is mapped to the Home/End keys (fn+left/fn+right on Macs), and I do prefer it when my thing does things in ways that roughly correspond to how the rest of the universe does them if there's no compelling reason to do otherwise.

eitland · on Jan 9, 2020

> (fn+left/fn+right on Macs)

When I used Mac in 2009 to 2012 it depended on the application you were using:

Some used fn+left/fn+right, some used CMD+left/CMD+right and I think ctrl and/or alt + arrow keys were an option too.

ctrl a/ctrl e would work everywhere I think but I didn't use those as they didn't work with shift to select to the start or end of the line.

As a keyboard type of person this was a major part of what drove me away from Mac despite its many advantages :-(