Re: address@hidden: C-k must be repeated in shell to kill a line that has a prompt]

[Karl Fogel]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> That seems like one possible solution.
> But what do people think of my proposal
> that beginning-of-line and end-of-line should do what
> line-move does, and ignore the fields used in M-x shell?

I like it.

When these commands pay attention to the fields, it becomes difficult
to "habituate" to the behavior of C-a and C-e -- it's impossible to
unconsciously know what they're going to do, instead one has to think.
I kept being surprised, personally.

-Karl