[lug] bash + screen

[dan radom]

* Jeff Schroeder (jeff at neobox.net) wrote:
> Hey all--
> 
> I have a keyboard conflict and I'm hoping someone has seen this and has 
> a workaround.
> 
> I use bash as my shell, and the readline commands are very useful for 
> changing text in a command.  For instance, I might use control-r to do 
> a search backward in my history, find a command, and then use control-a 
> to go to the start of the line and edit it by changing the first word 
> or something.
> 
> I also use screen to give me "virtual shells" within the same window, 
> which is wonderful... except control-a is the meta-key that initiates 
> all the screen commands.  It supercedes the bash readline, so I can no 
> longer jump around in my history commands.
> 
> Is there a way to remap either the control-a in readline, or the 
> control-a in screen?  I'd prefer to do it in screen (so I have 
> consistent readline behavior in bash, MySQL, or whatever) but I'm okay 
> either way.

ctrl+a +a again.