Hi Joshua, works for me, most likely thanks to these entries in /etc/inputrc: "\e[5C": forward-word
"\e[5D": backward-word which I grabbed somewhere. There was an RFE requesting some same default inputrc. Maybe it was this http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=3090. Have a nice day, hnhn Joshua D Miller wrote: > Hello all, > > I have used Linux for many years, but I am new to Unix. Please forgive what I > am sure is a problem with a simple solution. > > In the gnome terminal emulator, I am able to use the arrow keys to move about > the line, but using control+left arrow or control+right arrow does not > advance an entire word; instead, it inserts codes at the cusor position. > > How do I change this behavior? > > Thanks! > > PS: Using 2009.06 with bash as the my shell. -- Jan Hnatek jan.hnatek at sun.com
