What is equivalent to the / alt + left / right arrow option on debian, but on Mac OS X?

Question

As the title says ...

It annoyed me forever that I can’t miss words when recording on a Mac terminal (it works when I logged into Debian via ssh on a Mac terminal)

I get '[D' on Mac instead of jumping left.

Answer 1

Option + B to skip a word, Option + F to skip a word forward. You should also use the key as a meta key .

Answer 2

Ctrl-[ b should bounce back. You can also use Esc instead of Ctrl-[ and f to go forward.

The same key combos will work on Linux (via SSH or sit on the machine) and do not require settings for different keyboard layouts.

Answer 3

The answers here do not solve the problem, in my opinion. To get scrolling words in GNU format, you can edit your key bindings for CTRL + → and CTRL + <- so that they skip words.

Iterm (2) Go to "Settings" → "Profiles" → "Keys" → + (under the bindings) You will be asked to shorten the keyboard, press CTRL and the arrow key that you are using. Set ACTION to send SEQUENCE SEQUENCE Set ESC + to b (to return) or to f (to fast forward)

TERMINAL Settings → Profiles → Keyboard → + (Under bindings) Set KEY to <- cursor left or right Set MODIFIER to ^ Control Set ACTION to send text Set an empty input field either \ 033f (for sending) or \ 033b (for reverse)

Once you exit, you can skip forward and backward by 1 word, exactly the same as in GNU Linux.

Please note that there is a problem with vim for cycling forward as indicated here: https://superuser.com/questions/639992/iterm2-vim-altright-left-arrow

Hope this helps!