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Because ctrl-a is extremely simple, physically ... for one hand, etc.

ctrl-b is fairly quick and easy if you use two hands (which is inferior to using one hand) and is quite a bit more difficult than ctrl-a when using one hand.

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I ctrl+b with my left hand only. Pinky on left ctrl, index finger on b. I've never had any issues with it.

You appear to have invented some other post to respond to, mine said nothing about ctrl+b.

Ctrl+b is the standard key combo for tmux, which is why that was mentioned in the article in the first place.

That has nothing to do with the subject of the post in question though. He asked how people ever got accustomed to ctrl+a in the first place, since ctrl+a is already taken by your shell and every readline app, so 90% of people immediately remapped screen to use something else instead of ctrl+a. Tmux and ctrl+b don't enter into the discussion at all.

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