Maybe someone who only used csh? I can’t remember if ^a is a default in that shell. I thought it started with ksh or bash.
ETA: just looked it up and I’m dumb. Comes from emacs (of course) and looks like it was introduced in bash. I guess I could claim ignorance, being a VI man, but I actually knew at some point that it came from emacs. I think I can count on 1 hand the number of times I’ve used emacs
Screen must have been written by someone who wasn’t familiar with the shell. It’s the only logical explanation.
Maybe someone who only used csh? I can’t remember if ^a is a default in that shell. I thought it started with ksh or bash.
ETA: just looked it up and I’m dumb. Comes from emacs (of course) and looks like it was introduced in bash. I guess I could claim ignorance, being a VI man, but I actually knew at some point that it came from emacs. I think I can count on 1 hand the number of times I’ve used emacs