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19.26 comint-mode [i.e. shell-mode] C-a "misfeature" -- user fix :

Since installing Emacs 19.26  which went great,
I  HAD  to put the following in my .emacs (equivalent)
   ---  [otherwise I would go nuts...]

 (add-hook
  'comint-mode-hook
  (function 
   (lambda ()
     ;;-- un-wise people removed this to \C-c\C-a in emacs-19.26,
     ;;-- even though with the following, you can use C-u C-a for 'beg.-line'
     (define-key comint-mode-map "\C-a" 'comint-bol)
     )))

This made things work okay, BUT NOT for 'shell'
---> because of a BUG IN shell.el
		  ---------------  --> see my next posting for a patch !

The workaround for the BUG in shell.el ---for this situation only---
would be		[[[ if can rather install the patch in the next msg!]]]

 (add-hook
  'shell-mode-hook
  (function (lambda () (define-key shell-mode-map "\C-a" 'comint-bol))))


This makes emacs-19.26 backwards compatible to 19.x  (x < 26)  behavior of 
comint based modes, like shell-mode [what you get by  M-x shell].
This makes it also compatible to  'tcsh' behavior  of C-a / C-e.....

NOTE: if you really must go BEFORE the prompt, you can always use  C-u C-a,
	but this is so RARE compared to the other case!

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To end, also a user's  PRAISE:
		       ~~~~~~

The coolest new feature for me is

	------------------------------- from NEWS  "C-h n" ----------------
	** You can now change the height of a window by pressing mouse-1 on
	the mode line and dragging it up and down.
	------------------------------- from NEWS  "C-h n" ----------------

this is really just a  NEAT idea ! --- and so useful !!
[I VERY often work with two visible buffers/windows]

-- 
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>		 <><	 _
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