macterminal
I am very used to using alt-left to go to the word before (if you use vim, that's 'b') and alt-right to go to the beginning of the next word.
On Mac terminal however (iterm and iterm2), I am getting ;9D and ;9C respectively. I can use fn+left to go the beginning of the line but I still find that really inconvenient.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Just add the following to ~/.inputrc:
"\e[1;5D": backward-word
"\e[1;5C": forward-word
See this archived Wiki post for some more explanation. If you want to use the alt key instead for word-to-word movement (like default OS X behavior), use:
"\e[1;9D": backward-word
"\e[1;9C": forward-word
zsh by default does not use the readline library and therefore won't read ~/.inputrc. To get the same functionality, you could add the following to your ~/.zshrc – this again would use the alt key:
bindkey -e
bindkey '^[[1;9C' forward-word
bindkey '^[[1;9D' backward-word
See this documentation for more about the built-in zsh line editor (zle).
Why is this? You've set up your profile to use the Xterm defaults:
This is why you'll need to "catch" this sequence and tell readline what to do.
If the above still doesn't work and you are using OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) or there abouts, you probably need to disable the global Mission Control shortcuts which prevent Control+arrow keys from reaching iTerm, even if Mission Control itself is disabled. You can do so from System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Mission Control:
The New Terminal Tab at Folder service is provided by Terminal, so it can't be used with iTerm. You could make your own service for iTerm though:
on run {input, parameters}
set p to POSIX path of item 1 of input
tell application "iTerm"
reopen
tell current terminal
tell (launch session "Default Session")
write text "cd " & quoted form of p
end tell
end tell
activate
end tell
end run
As far as I know, there is no such a thing as a default terminal on OS X. You can change the default application for .command files from Finder, and you can use duti to change the default application for x-man-page or ssh URLs.
Best Answer
If you are using the
bashshell, add the following to your~/.inputrc:Press Ctrl-X, Ctrl-R or restart the shell to apply changes.
Note: Part of the escape sequences above, specifically the
1, I had to guess based on what Xterm uses.