Interrpreting modifier codes in /etc/inputrc ?? -- Dumb Typo

[William Case]

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:39 -0400, William Case wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 15:40 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > William Case wrote:
> > > Thanks Rick;
> 
> > 
> > Hmmm.  Works a treat here on F10 and F11 (x86_64), but I've not mucked
> > with my inputrc files:
> > 
> > [root at prophead ~]# cat /etc/inputrc
> > # do not bell on tab-completion
> > #set bell-style none
> > 
> > set meta-flag on
> > set input-meta on
> > set convert-meta off
> > set output-meta on
> > 
> > # Completed names which are symbolic links to
> > # directories have a slash appended.
> > set mark-symlinked-directories on
> > 
> > $if mode=emacs
> > 
> > # for linux console and RH/Debian xterm
> > "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
> > "\e[4~": end-of-line
> > "\e[5~": beginning-of-history
> > "\e[6~": end-of-history
> > "\e[3~": delete-char
> > "\e[2~": quoted-insert
> > "\e[5C": forward-word
> > "\e[5D": backward-word
> > "\e[1;5C": forward-word
> > "\e[1;5D": backward-word
> > 
> > # for rxvt
> > "\e[8~": end-of-line
> > "\eOc": forward-word
> > "\eOd": backward-word
> > 
> > # for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm
> > "\eOH": beginning-of-line
> > "\eOF": end-of-line
> > 
> > # for freebsd console
> > "\e[H": beginning-of-line
> > "\e[F": end-of-line
> > $endif
> > 
> 
> I ran [bill at CASE ~]$ cat /etc/inputrc and compared it line for line,
> character for character with yours.  The two files are exactly the
> same. 
> 
> > You should also note that applications may install their own mappings
> > (hence the "ALT-F" bringing down the file menu, etc.), so even setting
> > inputrc may not give you the results you want, depending on the app
> > you're running.
> 
> Alt-b (Meta-b, or, "\M-b") moves the cursor backward word-by-word and
> has always done so. I just discovered Alt-Shft-b (i.e Alt-B) does as
> well.  That is probably what the '1;' in "\e[1;5D" is all about.
> 
> Alt-f pops up the File menu in Gnome -- I want to keep that.  Alt-Shft-f
> (i.e. Alt-F) moves the cursor forward word-by-word and has always done
> so.
> 
> Alt-Shft is an awkward reach and I was having minor problems remembering
> when to shift and when not.  So just getting forward-word and
> backward-word to work is not why I posted.
> 
> A solution, I thought, was to bind 'f' and 'b' to the same easier to
> type modifier key(s). I chose "\M-\C-b":  backward-word and "\M-\C-f":
> forward-word and entered them in /etc/inputrc.  From everything I have
> read, that should work.  But it doesn't.
> 
> I wasn't aware that Control-arrow-right and Control-arrow-left should
> also work until Mikkel mentioned it.  Now I want them too.  Apparently,
> I can't have them.  
> 
> Nor does the "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file seem to work.
> 

This should read:
> As well, in the future I may want to bind additional readline
> commands"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file to specific keys, but I would like
> to know that those bindings will respond.
> 
As well, in the future I may want to bind additional readline
commands to specific keys, but I would like to know that those bindings
will respond.

Just a dumb copy and paste typo.

> Lastly, I use emacs fairly regularly and have bound several keys for
> emacs commands.  While the procedure is not exactly the same, I am
> familiar with the basic principles of modifier keys and bindings.  The
> fact that I cannot get inputrc commands working is therefore doubly
> frustrating.  Maybe I need a new keyboard.
> 
> -- 
> Regards Bill
> Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
> Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 22.3.1
> 
-- 
Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 22.3.1