![]() This article was first published by the author on his blog. Now we can skip entire words on the command line interface by holding down the left ⌥ key and hitting ← or →. After we are done, we may need to restart the iTerm to be able to use the changes that we just made. Now we need to repeat a similar process for the ⌥→ keyboard shortcut with the following settings: To make this work for the right option key, you need to set the key modifier to act as an escape sequence.įirst, you need to set your left ⌥ key to act as an escape character.Īfter that, you can either change the current shortcut for ⌥ ← or create a new one, in the profile shortcut keys, with the following settings: All you have to do is make a few configurations in the iTerm preferences, and you are good to go. In other words, you do not need to install anything else in your OS X. You only need to make a few keystroke changes in your iTerm preferences and you are done. You do not need to pay 1 BTC to Apple to get this working. It turns out that this is quite possible and doesn’t cause much pain and effort on your side. More Tips Ruby Python JavaScript Front-End Tools iOS PHP Android.NET Java Jobs. Coderwall Ruby Python JavaScript Front-End Tools iOS. One feature that I wanted after my migration from Windows to OS X was the ability to jump between words in the command line, and not having to go through the whole line, character by character. A protip by piotrj about productivity, iterm, and keyboard-shortcuts. Set up are 2.1, 2.2, and 2.4.ITerm is a great terminal replacement that I like to use. The sections that correspond to the shortcuts I If you switch Terminal themes, you will have to repeat these steps forįor the iTerm configuration, I will simply point you to this excellent To enable the Option-Right shortcut, repeat the previous step, insteadĬhoosing “cursor right” for the Key, and typing Esc then lowercase F in In the textįield, type Esc then lowercase B key and press OK. The Modifier, and “send string to shell:” for the Action. In the popup, choose “cursor left” for the Key, “option” for Next, while still in the Keyboard settings from the last step, press the Settings > Your Profile > Keyboard( and checking “Use option as meta So, here’s how to get all three working in both Terminal and iTerm,įirst, enable Option as meta key option by going to the *Preferences > It only works out of the box in Terminal. ![]() However, locally only the Option-Backspace one works and even then Some remote systems will already work with the keyboard shortcuts I If you set up the terminal applications to use Option as the Meta key, So, my fallback is to configure the terminal apps to do this themselves. Hours, I still couldn’t get this working reliably using the Option key. The ideal solution to get these working as I’d like would be toĬonfigure an inputrc file. Word, Option-Right to move right one word, and Option-Backspace to Three shortcuts I’ve especially missed are: Option-Left to move left one Other, as well as to hour the rest of the system does it. Furthermore, both iTerm and Terminal respond differently to each However, inīoth Terminal and iTerm, some of these don’t work like you might be used Throughout Mac OS X, almost every input field and text area haveĬonsistent keyboard shortcuts to navigate and edit the text. Option (⌥ ) keyboard shortcuts for Terminal and iTerm In particular, I love Rust and Clojure but keep my eye on many langauges all the time. ![]() ![]() I primarily work in Ruby though am a functional programmer at heart and a fan of programming languages in general. I am an software engineer who has lived and worked in New York, Brisbane, Chicago, San Francisco, and now Melbourne.
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