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[Sven Hartrumpf <hartrumpf@xxxxxxx>]

Alan Pope:
> On 28 March 2015 at 21:46, Sven rote:
>> I could not find any software keyboard (for EN or DE on mako r17)
>> that allows entering Ctrl-A or Ctrl-B in the "Terminal".
> 
> You can configure them yourself with the keyboard overlay profiles
> which are simple json files. Filippo blogged about this configuration
> here:
> 
> https://swordfishslabs.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/json-profiles-in-ubuntu-terminal-app/

Thanks for the link.

> Out of interest, what would you use CTRL+A and CTRL+B for?

CTRL-A is the (default) magic control key for "screen",
CTRL-B the same for "tmux". Both tools are great
for remote management of servers, long running processes etc.

Ciao
Sven