Friday, March 23, 2018

Word/Line deletion and navigation shortcuts in iTerm2 (Example)

Word/Line deletion and navigation shortcuts in iTerm2 (Example)



Word/Line deletion and navigation shortcuts in iTerm2

In OSX, ⌥+⌫ and ⌘+⌫ are the shortcuts for deleting a word and deleting a line respectively. ⌘+ ← and ⌘+ → are for going to the beginning and end of lines. By default, iTerm2 isn't configured this way, and there are a lot of misleading guides online. The following is what I've found to work on my machine.
  1. Open the preferences (⌘+,) and go to the Keys tab.
  2. Add a global shortcut key, and just type in your shortcut
  3. In the Action dropdown, select Send Hex Code
The hex codes for...
  • Deleting a word: 0x17.
  • Deleting a line: 0x15.
  • Moving to the beginning of the line: 0x01.
  • Moving to the end of the line: 0x05.
Just open a new tab, and it should work!
Here is a screenshot, for clarity.
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EDIT: I've added code for beginning and end lines, and i'm currently working on turning this into a nice, complete list.

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