Re: cfg/docu for command line keybindings

[Chris Keschnat <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:17:33PM +0200, Frank Terbeck wrote:
> Chris Keschnat <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I was wondering where all the keybindings are configured and documented.
> > I just found out for example that I can delete a word with CTRL+w or a
> > line with CTRL+u. In bash as well as in zsh. Also things like
> > ALT+backspace work in bash to delete a word, but not in zsh. Where is
> > that configured? The only places I know where keybindings are configured
> > are /etc/inputrc and ~/.zshrc on my system. I'm using urxvt, but that
> > shouldn't matter (?)
> 
> All keybindings are documented in 'man zshzle'.
> 
> The 'inputrc' file is used by the readline library, which zsh does not
> use. It has no effect on zsh at all.
> 
> The terminal software you are using may have an effect on the
> character sequences, that are sent by "special-keys" like PageUp etc.
> 
> For some techniques on how to tackle such cases, see:
>     <http://zshwiki.org/home/zle/bindkeys>
> 
> Regards, Frank
> 
> -- 
> In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is
> nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
>                                                   -- RFC 1925

The man page was exaclty what I was looking for. Thanks a lot.

Chris