From Emacs: F/B are forward/back, D=delete, K=kill. E=end, and A was probably used because S was already Search. W=word, maybe? Not sure how U came about her

From Emacs: F/B are forward/back, D=delete, K=kill. E=end, and A was probably used because S was already Search. W=word, maybe? Not sure how U came about here (it's something different in Emacs). BTW, if you're using Terminal.app, you have to explicitly enable "Use Option as Meta key" in the preferences.