Move by word using option+arrow

[Scott Graham]

Hi

I'm using bash. Can anyone suggest how to set up iTerm2 so that option
+left/right arrow will move backward/forward by words? (or control
+arrows would be fine too)

Thanks,
Scott

[George Nachman]

There's a bug in all builds of iTerm and iTerm2 that opt-arrow key does not send a different code than arrow key by itself. This has been fixed and will be in Monday's alpha 15.

[Daniel]

*cheer* :)

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"America was founded by men who understood that the threat of domestic tyranny is as great as any threat from abroad. If we want to be worthy of their legacy, we must resist the rush toward ever-increasing state control of our society. Otherwise, our own government will become a greater threat to our freedoms than any foreign terrorist."
 - Ron Paul, Texas Straight Talk, May 31, 2004

[Scott Graham]

Excellent, I look forward to grabbing the new build.

Scott

[Scott Graham]

Hi

Just trying this out... I'm still seeing ^[[D and ^[[C for opt+arrow
in 0.20.20110103.

I'm using the default xterm preset, is there something I need to
configure in Bookmarks->Keyboard to get word-move working?

Thanks,
scott

[George Nachman]

Hm, I'm getting ^[^[[D and ^[^[[C, so there must be something in your config. Do you have Option Key acts as "+Esc" set? It won't do it for "Meta".

[Scott Graham]

Thanks, that was most of the problem. Just for completeness:

In .inputrc:
"\e[D": backward-word
"\e[C": forward-word

In iTerm2:
- Left/Right Option Key acts as: +Esc
- Add mapping of opt-left to "send escape sequence" of "Esc+" + "[D"
- Similarly for opt-right, except "[C"

scott

[George Nachman]

You shouldn't need to set the mappings for "send escape sequence", but I'm glad it's working.