Any Bash features you'd like to see?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Fri, 13 May 2005, psema4 wrote:

>>> I'd also like to see proper control-left/right to hop words.  I need
>>> to do more reading to get this sort of thing working properly
>>> everywhere.  Half of the apps I use don't recognize proper key
>>> combinations.  =/
>>
>> "\eOd": backward-word
>> "\eOc": forward-word
>>
>>      Or, (depending on your terminal):
>>
>> "\e[1;5D": backward-word
>> "\e[1;5C": forward-word
>
>
> Tried both methods, but neither seemed to work - will have to play
> with it some more.

    To find the key combination, press Ctrl-V and then the keystroke at
    the command line. Mine shows ^[Od for Ctrl-Left, which is \e0d.

    There may be a problem using it with vi mode; but <ducking> vi mode
    is itself a problem.


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