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Re: Bash - bind Alt-Arrow keys
- From: lars at segv dot dk (Lars Munch)
- To: Scott Goldstein <sdgoldst at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:46:22 +0100
- Subject: Re: Bash - bind Alt-Arrow keys
- References: <20020314220204.23910.qmail@web13006.mail.yahoo.com>
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:02:04PM -0800, Scott Goldstein wrote:
> I want to bind \M-right and \M-left to forward-word
> and backward-word respectively in bash.
>
> I've tried the following in my .inputrc file:
>
> # forward word
> bind '"\M-\e[C":forward-word'
>
> # backward word
> bind '"\M-\e[D":backward-word'
>
> It seems to work, but have some strange side affects.
> Specifically, the 'b' key no longer works.
>
> Any ideas?
I have never been able to make this work, so I ended up doing:
"^[[5~": backward-word
"^[[6~": forward-word
That is, binding "page up" and "page down" keys to this. As a result I'm
constantly pressing "page up" and "page down" in emacs, when I'm not
supposed to :-(.
I also bind'ed:
"^[[4~": end-of-line
My "end" key, but this do not work in rxvt on cygwin, but fine in rxvt
on Linux. It just produces a '~'?? I have set the TERM=rxvt.
Regards
Lars Munch
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