* How to bindkey Ctrl-[
@ 2023-10-19 15:46 Thomas Lauer
2023-10-19 16:29 ` Peter Stephenson
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From: Thomas Lauer @ 2023-10-19 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zsh Users
I want to bind Ctrl-[ to the set-mark-command widget. Naive first try
was this:
bindkey "^[" set-mark-command
but that binds the widget to Esc (which is indeed "^["). I've tried
various ideas but no joy.
Is that even possible with my terminal/zsh config?
--
Thanks T
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* Re: How to bindkey Ctrl-[
2023-10-19 15:46 How to bindkey Ctrl-[ Thomas Lauer
@ 2023-10-19 16:29 ` Peter Stephenson
2023-10-20 17:02 ` Thomas Lauer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Peter Stephenson @ 2023-10-19 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zsh Users
> On 19/10/2023 16:46 Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@virgin.net> wrote:
> I want to bind Ctrl-[ to the set-mark-command widget. Naive first try
> was this:
>
> bindkey "^[" set-mark-command
>
> but that binds the widget to Esc (which is indeed "^["). I've tried
> various ideas but no joy.
>
> Is that even possible with my terminal/zsh config?
The simple answer is no --- they are both character 27 in a stream of
characters, so the shell can't tell them apart.
A bit of terminal wizardry to make one look different might be possible,
but 1. that's terminal specific 2. you're going to have to do it in such a
way that it doesn't confuse other utilities 3. if you're going that way
you're probably better grabbing a function key and using that, which
can be done by a shell binding (there are guides to this around somewhere).
cheers
pws
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* Re: How to bindkey Ctrl-[
2023-10-19 16:29 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 2023-10-20 17:02 ` Thomas Lauer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Lauer @ 2023-10-20 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zsh Users
From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:29:33 +0100 (BST)
> > On 19/10/2023 16:46 Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@virgin.net> wrote:
> > I want to bind Ctrl-[ to the set-mark-command widget. Naive first try
> > was this:
> >
> > bindkey "^[" set-mark-command
> >
> > but that binds the widget to Esc (which is indeed "^["). I've tried
> > various ideas but no joy.
> >
> > Is that even possible with my terminal/zsh config?
>
> The simple answer is no --- they are both character 27 in a stream of
> characters, so the shell can't tell them apart.
>
> A bit of terminal wizardry to make one look different might be possible,
> but 1. that's terminal specific 2. you're going to have to do it in such a
> way that it doesn't confuse other utilities 3. if you're going that way
> you're probably better grabbing a function key and using that, which
> can be done by a shell binding (there are guides to this around somewhere).
>
> cheers
> pws
Yeah, I thought as much. No biggie really, I have enough other availabe
bindings.
--
Thanks T
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