Python 3 is killing Python

[Ian Kelly]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> However, a *bare* HOME_KEY press is placing the insertion
>> cursor *BEHIND* the prompt of the current line. In a shell
>> environment, you never want to be *BEHIND* the command
>> prompt.
>
> I don't know about the old versions, but in 3.4, it seems to be set so
> the Home key toggles between the beginning of the code and the
> beginning of the line. Seems a useful feature, although I can
> understand if you'd want to disable it and set the Home key to only
> ever go to the beginning of code. But that's a configuration question;
> this does not appear to be a bug.

I'd say that moving the cursor to a position where you can't type is a
bug. In that case, "beginning of the line" should be understood to be
after the prompt.

I see the use for it in an editing environment (I have an Emacs macro
that does the same thing), but I don't really see the point of having
the same feature in the shell other than for harmless consistency.