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http://unix-kb.cat-v.org/ http://unix-kb.cat-v.org/
by ycmbntrthrwaway 9y ago
http://unix-kb.cat-v.org/ http://unix-kb.cat-v.org/
- LukeShu 9y agoAs that page notes, C-a and C-e are not just Emacs bindings; and are even in Vi. However, the other bindings mentioned are Emacs bindings; and macOS textareas do support Emacs keybindings (on ctrl, not cmd), and that includes C-a and C-e. I believe the comment about NeXTSTEP was not that the keybindings originated there, but that NeXTSTEP implemented Emacs keybindings in textareas, and that macOS inherited that (I don't know about the accuracy of that though). Oh, and the page said "Rob Pike answers in 9fans: “I believe ^H ^W ^U date back at least to TENEX.”"; it seems odd to me that he didn't mention that 'H' with the control bit flipped is literally the ASCII "backspace" control character.