From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25901 invoked by alias); 28 Sep 2014 20:05:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 19176 Received: (qmail 15400 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2014 20:05:44 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=x-sasl-enc:from:to:cc:subject:references :date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= smtpout; bh=rXDYpTfI/W2p93f/kyE9Ro/FYj0=; b=QkIazGaahncvFBCBJloS khMNld2EkNR/kKqpgXzbaApLDzOqDHkcsPqNNYrixcwtm8tOF6iGGbA8n3xkRvwQ rr2cKawAnQeVvILkJ0S/U2ztXnXNOm0niPSwX/sr2VifDH4G/7/an/FgK6DWiBCA ESv9G35SmbBEwDF60jQ8fhQ= X-Sasl-enc: e1oGo3ZM6USmLtJPsdM8HxCivB9My8XDed9HhcbvW6gK 1411934740 From: Tassilo Horn To: Oliver Kiddle Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: Terminology: Alt-Backspace doesn't work References: <8761g8cfpw.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> <14698.1411896958@thecus.kiddle.eu> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:05:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <14698.1411896958@thecus.kiddle.eu> (Oliver Kiddle's message of "Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:35:58 +0200") Message-ID: <87vbo75x4j.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Oliver Kiddle writes: Hi Oliver, >> E.g., in urxvt or gnome-terminal, Alt-Backspace results in the shell >> receiving the key "^[^?". In terminology, Alt-Backspace gives "^H" >> (which is Control-Backspace with urxvt/gnome-terminal). >> >> Is this a known issue or is there some config option that I need to >> change? > > It's a Terminology issue rather than a zsh one. Zsh only gets a ^H and > has no further information. Thought so. > It may be that Terminology can be confiured: xterm lets you do that > with X resources. Um, how would I know? As far as I can see, there's not much documentation available at its web page... > Or you may find another key combination that can be configured: > Alt-Left and Ctrl-W are common choices for that. Yeah, sure. But since I'm used to Emacs, I'd prefer to keep the emacs style key bindings in ZSH. Bye, Tassilo