readline + binding; still frustrated after 4 yrs of trying

[Michael Elkins]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 01:37:29PM -0500, William Case wrote:
>     "\M-\C-b": backward-word
>     "\M-\C-f": forward-word

> As I say, I have tried several different versions e.g "\M-\C-b": and
> "\M-\C-f: but nothing works. Even after using C-xC-r or rebooting.  (I
> am familiar with emacs bindings.)

In my setup Meta-Control-B sends a two character sequence of ESC ^B.

The following seems to work:

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

You can verify what your own setup does by pressing ^V (or just use cat)
and pressing meta-control-b to see what the terminal is sending.

me