[ubuntu-server] Re: Call for testing screen-profiles

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Fri Jan 16 01:55:41 UTC 2009


On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:44:17 -0800 Eric Hammond <ehammond at thinksome.com> 
wrote:
>Dustin Kirkland wrote:
>> Shall we open the floor for other suggested escape sequences?  Please
>> explain your rationale for why your escape sequence is better than
>> ctrl-a and ctrl-g...
>
>I use ctrl-t for screen and have never run into any conflicts with other
>applications.
>
>I regularly use for other applications:
>  ctrl-a (move to start of line in bash and emacs)
>  ctrl-g (what line am I on? in vi)
>  ctrl-z (background process)
>
>That said, I think my vote would be to stick with ctrl-a as it is in
>screen documentation everywhere and even expert users will expect it to
>be the default.
>
>I will set my own keymappings in screen.

I think this make complete sense.

Scott K




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