byobu-ctrl-a(1) byobu byobu-ctrl-a(1)
NAME
byobu-ctrl-a - Configure Byobu's ctrl-a behavior
SYNOPSIS
byobu-ctrl-a ['screen'|'tmux'] [key]
DESCRIPTION
byobu-ctrl-a is an interactive program that allows a user to configure
the behavior of the 'ctrl-a' key sequence.
Traditional GNU screen(1) uses ctrl-a as its escape character, while
GNU emacs(1) uses ctrl-a to move the cursor to the beginning of the
line. This conflict has caused unending amounts of grief among Screen,
Byobu, and Emacs-mode users.
Thus, this program exists to allow each user to choose the behavior of
ctrl-a in their local environment.
http://byobu.org
AUTHOR
This manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirk-
land@byobu.org> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Per-
mission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document and
the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version
3 published by the Free Software Foundation.
The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on Debian/Ubuntu systems, or in
/usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/GPL on Fedora systems, or on the web at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.
byobu 10 May 2011 byobu-ctrl-a(1)
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