readline + binding; still frustrated after 4 yrs of trying

[Michael Elkins]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:15:43PM -0500, William Case wrote:
> Now the question is, how do I set it up in my .inputrc?  Just try "\e
> \C-b": backward-word ? Or \e^B ?

Just put the following line in your ~/.inputrc:

"\e\C-b": backward-word

The man page says the colon *must not* have a space after the key
sequence.

> How can I test that readline is even reading my .inputrc?

	$ bind -P | grep backward-word

You should see something like:

	backward-word can be found on "\e\C-b", "\eb".

Note the addition of the new key binding to the stock binding of M-b.

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