Re: @ symbol deleting all preceeding input at command line?

From: Frank Slootweg (this_at_ddress.is.invalid)
Date: 09/21/05 

Date: 21 Sep 2005 16:08:53 GMT

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> That's not a solution... That's "Doctor, it hurts when I do this," and
> the doctor says, "So don't do that."
>
> What's not in the FAQ is WHY is the kill character an "@" in the first
> place? That's the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard of...

  Why? Because it's *standard*. That's why. For details, see the
termio(7) manual page.

  I.e. don't assume something is "dumb", just because you don't
understand it.

  *I* consider responding without providing context "the absolute
dumbest thing I have ever heard of..." (but at least *I* *understand*
*why* you are being "dumb").