/usr/portage/app-misc/screen/files/screenrc contains hardcoded vi syntax: when using ^a ^[ and ^] respectively (copy paste) # Yet another hack: # Prepend/append register [/] to the paste if ^a^] is pressed. # This lets me have autoindent mode in vi. register [ "\033:se noai\015a" register ] "\033:se ai\015a" bind ^] paste [.] This has been present for at least 4 years. A user in #gentoo (freenode) wanted to know how to copy paste text from the curses-based browser they were using to be able to save on keystrokes manually typing every command. unexpected result: from a bash prompt, using ^a ^] to paste text, the string "se noai" is added unconditionally: $ se noai bash: se: command not found
^a ^[ is not ^a [
