On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 11:53 +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 14:52 -0500, William Case wrote: > > I have spent hours on this over the last couple of years. I am > > obviously doing something fundamentally wrong -- but I can't figure out > > what it is. I have gone over bash/readline several times as well as > > googled. I am sure I am missing something basic. > > > > Here is my file: > > > > # Bill's inputrc for ReadLine > > > > # '$include' directs readline to the file > > # with 'universal' settings. > > # Place 'export /etc/inputrc' in .bash_profile > > > > $include /etc/inputrc > > > > $if mode=emacs > > > > "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file > > Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word > > "M-C-b": backward-word > > "\M-\C-f": forward-word > > > > $endif > > > > I have tried M & C with and without the escape. Nothing seems to work. > > 'Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word' seems to work unless the binding is > > coming from some other file. None of the other bindings work in either > > gterminal or vtX. $VISUAL = emacs. > > Not really sure what's up here (not tried your file) but getting > readline bindings to play nicely can be tricky as there can be conflicts > with existing bindings (I've found in the past I needed to disable some > things to get others working etc.). > I have checked and there are no conflicts with \M-\C-b and \M-\C-f > I think your M-Rubout binding isn't coming from this file - it's default > iirc - I see this in my C-h output: > > backward-kill-word can be found on "\e\C-h", "\e\C-?". > I can find it there as well (well \e\C-f and \e\C-b) and it works. However, I find the \e\C- key combination a bit of a finger reach and I use forward-word and backward-word a lot so I wanted to add a key modifier combination that was easier. > This is working fine for me: > > $ cat ~/.inputrc > $include /etc/inputrc > # this shadows transpose-chars in the default emacs mode > # works around the default C-s being shadowed by linux's > # C-s scroll-lock behaviour > set bell-style visible > set editing-mode emacs > set visible-stats On > set show-all-if-ambiguous On > C-t: forward-search-history > C-f: 'realias\n' > C-h: dump-functions > "C-xC-r": re-read-init-file > > All of these seem to do what they say on the tin - I know the last one > works since if I comment/uncomment the realias line and issue CxCr it > toggles on/off. > > I prefer to use the default M-f and M-b forward/back keys (even though > they are shadowed by the default gnome-terminal shortcuts - I kill those > off as soon as I move into a new account). When I look at the bind command, \M-\C-b and \M-\C-f show up as "202" and "206" respectfully. What are 202 and 206? -- Regards Bill Fedora 12, Gnome 2.28 Evo.2.28, Emacs 23.1.1 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
