On: Things Every Hacker Once Knew

[i336_]

And ^W deletes words.

Both shortcuts work in terminal emulators.

(As an aside ^W is much easier to input^Wtype as a "fake backspace" thingamajig^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hmnemonic than ^H is.)

[bisby → i336_]

i didnt realize that ^W did words (and i didnt know what "ETB" was either). But thats a useful one to know!