[Bug 89235] Re: can no longer jump words with CTRL-arrow in gnome-terminal

[Daniel Grund]

The original issue with the CTRL-LEFT CTRL-RIGHT is not a bug.

On Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS:

$ aptitude show libreadline5
Package: libreadline5                    
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Multi-Arch: same
Version: 5.2-11

man 3 readline:
"Readline  is  customized  by putting commands in an initialization file
(the inputrc file).  The name of this file is taken from the  value  of
the  INPUTRC  environment  variable.   If  that  variable is unset, the
default is ~/.inputrc.  If that file  does not exist or cannot be read,
the  ultimate  default  is /etc/inputrc."

Thus, *deleting* ~/.inputrc solves the initially reported problem.
If one has a ~/.inputrc and wants to have system default behavior, then one also has to "$include /etc/inputrc".

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Title:
  can no longer jump words with CTRL-arrow in gnome-terminal

Status in “readline6” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

  In edgy, one can navigate the command line with control-arrow
  (left/right) to jump over words. This is not possible in feisty's
  gnome-terminal. Instead it prints a control character as in the
  following example:

  jos at duet-feisty ~ $ foo;5C;5D;5C;5D

  As you can see, it prints a ;5C for ctrl-right and ;5D for ctrl-left.

  This makes navigating a long command line cumbersome.

  ===WORKAROUND===

  I had to create the following ~/.inputrc file to get them to work in
  Bash:

  $include /etc/inputrc

  # ZYV
  #
  # PageUp and PageDown don't work in Ubuntu anymore by default :-(
  #
  "\e[6~": end-of-history
  "\e[5~": beginning-of-history

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