X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SARE_MSGID_LONG45,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 21:37:49 +0100 Received: by 10.239.170.139 with SMTP id s11mr851001hbe.10.1270672669685; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:37:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problem with Shift+Left or Right arrow in Cygwin locally (Ctrl isn't noticed) and through SSH (escape code isn't interpreted correctly) From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > If I'm in Bash on my Ubuntu system I can use Ctrl+Left Arrow or Right > Arrow to navigate one word at a time to the left and right. When I use > Cygwin it doesn't react to the Ctrl, responding as if I only had > pressed the Left or Right Arrow. Is there a way to fix this? The standard Bash shortcuts for moving by a word that are Alt+f and Alt+b, so "fix" is a bit strong here. But anyway, stick these two lines into ~/.inputrc, restart bash, and you should be set: "\e[1;5D": backward-word "\e[1;5C": forward-word And here's one way to put Ctrl+Up/Down to use: "\e[1;5A": history-search-backward "\e[1;5B": history-search-forward Shift combinations have a 2 instead of the 5, in case you want to map those to something. See this link for details on bash/readline key bindings: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Command-Line-Editing > The next step is when I log in from an Ubuntu 9.10 system to Cygwin 6 > using SSH. Cygwin 6? Anyway, the above should work in this case as well, as long as you're using an xterm-compatible terminal on Ubuntu, which you are. > $ echo $TERM > xterm Andy -- 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