.emacs

(defun smart-line-beginning ()
  "Move point to the beginning of text on the current line; if that is already the current position of point, then move it to the beginning of the line."
  (interactive)
  (let ((pt (point)))
	(beginning-of-line-text)
	(when (eq pt (point))
	  (beginning-of-line))))

(global-set-key "\C-a" 'smart-beginning-of-line)

(global-set-key "\C-a" 'smart-line-beginning)

;; of course ..

Bah. Emacs can't just read my mind, or use genius-like fuzzy correction?

tab completion .. you must have it!

Well yes. That's the only reason M-x was working for me. But I haven't figured out how to get tab completion in my .emacs file to recognize new symbols I've defined. Is this easy?

I am unsure which of these make it work in my setup ..

http://github.com/klang/elisp/blob/master/50-hippie-expand.el

or

http://github.com/klang/elisp/blob/master/52-clojure-extras.el

.. but I think it's the last one