Make Ctrl + backspace work in bash

TiredOfThis · 01-18-2010, 04:58 PM

Hey all,

I've tried without luck to get ctrl-backspace working to delete the previous word in bash. I edited my .inputrc and tried the following:

"\C-\b": unix-word-rubout
Control-Rubout: unix-word-rubout

I can make it work if I change it to some other sequence (Control-j: unix-word-rubout makes ^j erase the word), but I can't make it work with backspace.

Is there something I'm missing, or is this just not possible for some stupid reason?

Thanks
Nathan

ozanbaba · 01-19-2010, 02:51 AM

maybe something else catches it before it makes to bash. what would be it? well if it's inside a x terminal emulator here, x window, window manager or desktop environtment are posible suspects. where's the bash running?

TiredOfThis · 01-20-2010, 12:08 PM

Good thought...but the same problem happens in Konsole and xterm and on the actual cmd line (runlevel 3).

ozanbaba · 01-27-2010, 09:50 AM

when i do ctrl-backspace it deletes a character. it's usually delete a word. well maybe it's a bash thing.

bigrigdriver · 01-27-2010, 11:35 AM

I just looked into it a bit, and I learned that alt-backspace will backspace one word.

TiredOfThis · 01-28-2010, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigrigdriver

I just looked into it a bit, and I learned that alt-backspace will backspace one word.

Yes, that's true. However, since practically every other application on the planet supports Ctrl + Backspace, now I have that muscle memory and would rather not have to remember "Use Ctrl + Backspace unless I'm in bash, in which case use Alt + Backspace"

(That will probably just lead to me getting confused and pressing Ctrl + Alt + Backspace, with HILARIOUS RESULTS.)

Nathan

ozanbaba · 01-28-2010, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiredOfThis

Yes, that's true. However, since practically every other application on the planet supports Ctrl + Backspace, now I have that muscle memory and would rather not have to remember "Use Ctrl + Backspace unless I'm in bash, in which case use Alt + Backspace"

(That will probably just lead to me getting confused and pressing Ctrl + Alt + Backspace, with HILARIOUS RESULTS.)

Nathan

i accidently used ctrl-c for copying texts at terminals with HILARIOUS RESULTS (xfce4-terminal adds shift to ctrl-x,c,v whitch is good but still time to time i do ctrl+c with that HILARIOUS RESULTS).