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Ctrl-W originates (on Un*x) from the ‘new’ BSD tty driver in the late '70s. Ctrl-U vs Ctrl-X was one of those BSD-vs-AT&T things (where V7 defaulted to ‘@’ 'cau

by kps 2y ago

Ctrl-W originates (on Un*x) from the ‘new’ BSD tty driver in the late '70s. Ctrl-U vs Ctrl-X was one of those BSD-vs-AT&T things (where V7 defaulted to ‘@’ 'cause your terminal might not have those fancy control characters). `vi` respected the current tty settings.