On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:18 PM, John Scipione <jscipione@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alt mode by default. Here is the problem with ctrl mode, the terminal > uses special control characters such as ctrl-c and ctrl-z for stop and > suspend. Of course in control mode ctrl-c is used to copy and ctrl-z > is used for undo. So what do you do if you want to copy from the > terminal? In alt mode there isn't a problem. alt-c and alt-z are > available. +1. Despite what the default shortcut might be elsewhere, I've still always felt most comfortable with alt as shortcut key myself, and this is another good reason for it. Regards, Rene