Dave Korn wrote:
>> Anyone used to Windows key combinations for editing text might find
>> the
>> following bindings useful:
>>
>> # Ctrl+Left/Right to move by whole words
>> "\e[1;5D": backward-word
>> "\e[1;5C": forward-word
>
> (Not mitty, but related): That didn't work for me in a cmd.exe shell, but
> this does:
>
> "\e[D": backward-word
> "\e[C": forward-word
>
> I don't know why.
Argh, now I do. It's because the ctrl modifier doesn't make it through, so
that setting changes ordinary left/right arrow to jump by words.
Don't suppose anyone knows where the ctrl modifier gets lost?
cheers,
DaveK
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