On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 15:40 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Thanks Rick; > > Hmmm. Works a treat here on F10 and F11 (x86_64), but I've not mucked > with my inputrc files: > > [root@prophead ~]# cat /etc/inputrc > # do not bell on tab-completion > #set bell-style none > > set meta-flag on > set input-meta on > set convert-meta off > set output-meta on > > # Completed names which are symbolic links to > # directories have a slash appended. > set mark-symlinked-directories on > > $if mode=emacs > > # for linux console and RH/Debian xterm > "\e[1~": beginning-of-line > "\e[4~": end-of-line > "\e[5~": beginning-of-history > "\e[6~": end-of-history > "\e[3~": delete-char > "\e[2~": quoted-insert > "\e[5C": forward-word > "\e[5D": backward-word > "\e[1;5C": forward-word > "\e[1;5D": backward-word > > # for rxvt > "\e[8~": end-of-line > "\eOc": forward-word > "\eOd": backward-word > > # for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm > "\eOH": beginning-of-line > "\eOF": end-of-line > > # for freebsd console > "\e[H": beginning-of-line > "\e[F": end-of-line > $endif > I ran [bill@CASE ~]$ cat /etc/inputrc and compared it line for line, character for character with yours. The two files are exactly the same. > You should also note that applications may install their own mappings > (hence the "ALT-F" bringing down the file menu, etc.), so even setting > inputrc may not give you the results you want, depending on the app > you're running. Alt-b (Meta-b, or, "\M-b") moves the cursor backward word-by-word and has always done so. I just discovered Alt-Shft-b (i.e Alt-B) does as well. That is probably what the '1;' in "\e[1;5D" is all about. Alt-f pops up the File menu in Gnome -- I want to keep that. Alt-Shft-f (i.e. Alt-F) moves the cursor forward word-by-word and has always done so. Alt-Shft is an awkward reach and I was having minor problems remembering when to shift and when not. So just getting forward-word and backward-word to work is not why I posted. A solution, I thought, was to bind 'f' and 'b' to the same easier to type modifier key(s). I chose "\M-\C-b": backward-word and "\M-\C-f": forward-word and entered them in /etc/inputrc. From everything I have read, that should work. But it doesn't. I wasn't aware that Control-arrow-right and Control-arrow-left should also work until Mikkel mentioned it. Now I want them too. Apparently, I can't have them. Nor does the "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file seem to work. As well, in the future I may want to bind additional readline commands"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file to specific keys, but I would like to know that those bindings will respond. Lastly, I use emacs fairly regularly and have bound several keys for emacs commands. While the procedure is not exactly the same, I am familiar with the basic principles of modifier keys and bindings. The fact that I cannot get inputrc commands working is therefore doubly frustrating. Maybe I need a new keyboard. -- Regards Bill Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3 Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 22.3.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
