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At least for ^ I was always told that the ADM3a terminal keyboard had a HOME key with ~ and ^ on it, which is why ~ means "home directory", and ^ means "home of
by acegopher 2y ago
At least for ^ I was always told that the ADM3a terminal keyboard had a HOME key with ~ and ^ on it, which is why ~ means "home directory", and ^ means "home of the line".
- kjellsbells 2y agoCorrect on the ADM3a keyboard. In fact the OP site has a pic: https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/always-more-history/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/always-more-history/ Whether that explains the use of tilde and caret, I dont know.
- fanf2 2y ago^ for start of line predates the ADM3a