Ctrl+Arrows keys in .inputrc to move a word forward/backward by default

[Andrew DeFaria]

On 02/21/2012 10:16 PM, ArcFi wrote:
> I've been using cygwin for last 2-3 years so I've already configured my
> environment.
> Recently made a clean installation on a new server and found that keys
> to move a word forward/backward (Ctrl+Right/Left) do not work by
> default.
> This shortcut works out of the box in many popular linux distributions.
> Why not add this combination in the "/etc/skel/.inputrc" by default?
> Think it would be a nice usability improvement.
I find that Alt-F and Alt-B work great and keep my fingers much closer 
to "home row".

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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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