Sure; that's an effect of having a terminal line edit character (^U for erase line) also in use as an editor command. I'm not defending the details of TECO's pa

Sure; that's an effect of having a terminal line edit character (^U for erase line) also in use as an editor command. I'm not defending the details of TECO's particular commands. But it reminds me of the first time I tried EMACS, actually, and my reaction to backspace bringing up a help file.