> It took me maybe 15 years of using the terminal every single day to get used to using Ctrl+A to go to the beginning of the line (or Ctrl+E for the end).
That looks like some cognitive problem or ADHD. (Obviously, completely unrelated to intellect.)
> some programs (cat, nc, git commit --, etc) don’t support using arrow keys at all: if you press arrow keys, you’ll just see ^[[D^[[D^[[C^[[C^
I've long argued that the readline-like functionality should be in the kernel. The POSIX line discipline should be replaced or augmented with full blown editing with history recall.
Imagine rlwrap, but always there, all the time, in the TTY driver.
There are downsides, because history wants to be contextual and persistent. The kernel knows what process is making the read() call on the TTY, though, so that could be somehow arranged. Certain new security issues come up also.
That looks like some cognitive problem or ADHD. (Obviously, completely unrelated to intellect.)
> some programs (cat, nc, git commit --, etc) don’t support using arrow keys at all: if you press arrow keys, you’ll just see ^[[D^[[D^[[C^[[C^
I've long argued that the readline-like functionality should be in the kernel. The POSIX line discipline should be replaced or augmented with full blown editing with history recall.
Imagine rlwrap, but always there, all the time, in the TTY driver.
There are downsides, because history wants to be contextual and persistent. The kernel knows what process is making the read() call on the TTY, though, so that could be somehow arranged. Certain new security issues come up also.