[notinventedhear]

Probably since ctrl-a is a well-loved bash shortcut for goto start-of-line.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

I assume that shortcut predates the existence of the Home key? Maybe we can let it die.

[AlexandrB]

The home key is in a terrible, terrible place on the keyboard and missing in many laptop keyboards. Ctrl-A is much easier to reach while touch typing, especially after remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl.

[spinningarrow]

I hope not. I actually find C-a and C-e (for end) _much_ easier to type, especially with Caps Lock remapped to CTRL.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

And my own personal muscle memory prefers a different setup, so that's why these things should be configurable, but the defaults should probably match common conventions don't you think?

[pletnes]

Not for us vi/vim guys.

[robohoe]

set -o vi

:D