• @abraham_linksys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    Ctrl+a - go to beginning of line (alpha? I dunno)

    ctrl+e - go to (e)nd of the line

    alt+f - (f)orward one word

    alt+b - (b)ack one word

    You might already know these but no one else has posted them on this thread yet. I work in both Linux and Mac a lot and this works for them. No idea about Windows I’m no longer forced to use it at work 🙂

    • @NaiveBayesian@programming.devEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Also Ctrl + w to delete one word backwards (which is what OP wants to do).

      Edit: Nvm I misread the post, deleting is not what OP wants to do. Still gonna keep this because Ctrl + w is easily the readline shortcut I use the most.

  • @MrMonkey@lemm.eeEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Works the same as M-b for me (backwards-word)

    Make sure your /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc contains

    # mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving

"\e[1;5C": forward-word

"\e[1;5D": backward-word

"\e[5C": forward-word

"\e[5D": backward-word

"\e\e[C": forward-word

"\e\e[D": backward-word`
    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏English
      2•1 year ago

      Lemmy:

      > meme with problem

      > SolutionCommentMemeCommentCommentMemeQuestion

      Others:

      > meme with problem

      > BotCommentCommentAwardsAwardsBotShitpostAwardsShitpost

      I hope the formatting shows properly… And thanks for this 😁 now to update the .inputrc on my laptop and VPSes

      Edit: fix typo and formatting