One thing I’ve done is reconfigured Ctrl-K. Normally it deletes from the cursor to the end of the line, but I rarely do that.
I would recommend against this. I delete from the cursor to the end of the line all the time. Maybe more in Emacs than readline, but still
You can already delete the whole line by issuing C-a then C-k. I also do this all the time and that key combo is as easy for me to type as any two letter word.
Remapping C-k means you now have two ways to kill the whole line and no way to kill from the cursor.
But worse: you're teaching yourself a keyboard setup that only you use. You'll be lost on somebody else's computer, or any time you don't have your config installed. The standard readline bindings turn up in sometimes surprising places and it's a joy when you realise you're already trained to use some system or software you've never used before.
I'm surprised the article doesn't also mention C-y. After you've C-k killed something it goes on to the "kill ring". Press C-y to bring it back! (You can bring more than the most recent thing back, but you now have the key words to look this up yourself).
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I would recommend against this. I delete from the cursor to the end of the line all the time. Maybe more in Emacs than readline, but still
You can already delete the whole line by issuing C-a then C-k. I also do this all the time and that key combo is as easy for me to type as any two letter word.
Remapping C-k means you now have two ways to kill the whole line and no way to kill from the cursor.
But worse: you're teaching yourself a keyboard setup that only you use. You'll be lost on somebody else's computer, or any time you don't have your config installed. The standard readline bindings turn up in sometimes surprising places and it's a joy when you realise you're already trained to use some system or software you've never used before.
I'm surprised the article doesn't also mention C-y. After you've C-k killed something it goes on to the "kill ring". Press C-y to bring it back! (You can bring more than the most recent thing back, but you now have the key words to look this up yourself).