X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: Ctrl+Arrows keys in .inputrc to move a word forward/backward by default Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:02:58 -0800 Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <1329891383.7544.58.camel@arcfi-laptop.kola.fad.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120202 Thunderbird/11.0 In-Reply-To: <1329891383.7544.58.camel@arcfi-laptop.kola.fad.ru> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 02/21/2012 10:16 PM, ArcFi wrote: > I've been using cygwin for last 2-3 years so I've already configured my > environment. > Recently made a clean installation on a new server and found that keys > to move a word forward/backward (Ctrl+Right/Left) do not work by > default. > This shortcut works out of the box in many popular linux distributions. > Why not add this combination in the "/etc/skel/.inputrc" by default? > Think it would be a nice usability improvement. I find that Alt-F and Alt-B work great and keep my fingers much closer to "home row". -- Andrew DeFaria Do fish get cramps after eating? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple