To get a "Ctrl-A" to go to the bash shell to move to the beginning of the line, use "Ctrl-A A", which sends the Ctrl-A through to the program. You can change the key to something else by adding the "escape" command in your .screenrc. bash in centos also usually understands the "Home" key on a regular PC keyboard to move the cursor to the beginning of the line. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Sean Carolan <scarolan at gmail.com> wrote: > I like Gnu screen, but the choice of CTRL-A as the command sequence is > extremely unfortunate. Like many other bash users, I use CTRL-A to > get back to the beginning of the line (emacs editing mode). > > How do you all get around this problem? Also, I'm wondering if there > is an easy way to get mouse scrolling to work when reviewing terminal > history in screen. It's a pain in the arse to CTRL-A then ESC to be > able to scroll back.