> > While running Emacs over a modem, I got into the habit of regularly typing ^A ^E to pace my cursor back and forth across the current line, to keep connectio

> > While running Emacs over a modem, I got into the habit of regularly typing ^A ^E to pace my cursor back and forth across the current line, to keep connection warm. > Huh. I got into that habit recently, because over the past year, I've been frequently working on the go, by SSH-ing to my home desktop and using Emacs terminal frame (emacsclient -t)[0]. I do regular "weather checks" with ^A and ^E - because the hardware has its weather, SSH has its weather, and the link I'm on has its own weather too (particularly when using an LTE hotspot, though I've noticed even when being in the same LAN, the response time is not always consistent). You may find mosh [0] to be useful, as it buffers input client side to remove input lag. [0]: https://mosh.org/ https://mosh.org/