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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:06:15 +0000
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Subject: Re: Problem with RightAlt key in mintty
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2009/12/24 Ken Brown:
> In the latest mintty (0.5.5-1), RightAlt plus f (or b) doesn't move the
> cursor one word forward (or backward) when editing the command line. The
> LeftAlt key still works as expected.

Confirmed. As a workaround, switch on the Ctrl+LeftAlt is AltGr option
on the Keyboard page. I don't yet know why that affects right Alt on
US keyboards.

Andy

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