Martin Weber <Martin.Weber@cern.ch> writes:
> Dear ROOT developers,
>
> since I don't have that fancy "Meta" key on my keyboard, I cannot
> use the
>
> M-F/M-B : Move cursor forward/backward one word.
> M-D : Delete the word under the cursor.
>
> as it is described in C_Getline.c
>
> I'd really like to use this facility, so could you add support for going
> forward/backward one word without the "Meta" key? I know that e.g. tcsh
> does it by
>
> EMACS Multi-character and 8 bit bindings
> "^[F" or "M-F" -> forward-word
> "^[B" or "M-B" -> backward-word
>
> This means that pressing "ESC" before F imitates the "Meta" key. Could
> this be a possibility?
>
Hi Martin,
I assume you are working in X windows system. Maybe you don't need a
real Meta key on the keyboard, have you tried Alt or another
modifiers? That's what works for me, the key which xev reports as
Alt_L has the above mentioned functionality.
Also be careful which terminal emulator you use. Not all fit the
assumption taken in C_Getline.c. xterm works fine, rxvt and
gnome-terminal don't.
Jiri
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