[SOLVED] CTRL + [key] at Terminal Not Working

iterator · 2015-04-21 01:55:18

Hi everyone. I have done some searching for what this could be, but I don't seem to be finding anything helpful.

Long and short of it:
I'm accustomed to using ctrl+a to go to the beginning of the line and ctrl+e to go to the end of the line. On my system any

CTRL + [key]

combination results in

^[key]

Once this has happened, the text also appears highligted, and sometimes it causes the backspace key not to work. After using delete and hitting return backspace works fine.

Is this just a key configuration issue somewhere?

Thanks!

Last edited by iterator (2015-04-21 18:22:37)

jasonwryan · 2015-04-21 02:42:28

Which terminal are you using and what is the value of $TERM? Are you exporting that variable anywhere in your bash initialisation files?

iterator · 2015-04-21 18:04:00

I am just using gnome-terminal from the repository.

echo $TERM gives me

xterm-256color

And I have installed and am using zsh for my shell.

.zshrc:

 # The following lines were added by compinstall

zstyle ':completion:*' completer _expand _complete _ignored
zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list ''
zstyle :compinstall filename '/home/ahrtmn/.zshrc'

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
# End of lines added by compinstall
# Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
HISTFILE=~/.histfile
HISTSIZE=1000
SAVEHIST=1000
bindkey -v
# End of lines configured by zsh-newuser-install

# Path variables
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin:/opt/jdk1.8.0_45
export JDK_HOME=/opt/jdk1.8.0_45

Although I don't think it matters, here is the .bashrc:

#
# ~/.bashrc
#

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return

alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin

Thanks for the response!

jasonwryan · 2015-04-21 18:06:57

Ctrl-a and Ctrl-e are readline bindings (in Emacs mode); Zsh uses zle.

See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zsh#Key_bindings

iterator · 2015-04-21 18:13:17

Yep. Changing it to bindkey -e solved the issue.

For some reason I've always used vi, but I've never become too proficient at it. I suppose I should make a choice between vi and emacs and learn more of the feature set. Coming from a mac laptop as my main computer, the home and end keys just seem soooo farr awayy. Ha.

Thank you!!

jasonwryan · 2015-04-21 18:16:32

No problem. Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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#1 2015-04-21 01:55:18

[SOLVED] CTRL + [key] at Terminal Not Working

#2 2015-04-21 02:42:28

Re: [SOLVED] CTRL + [key] at Terminal Not Working

#3 2015-04-21 18:04:00

Re: [SOLVED] CTRL + [key] at Terminal Not Working

#4 2015-04-21 18:06:57

Re: [SOLVED] CTRL + [key] at Terminal Not Working

#5 2015-04-21 18:13:17

Re: [SOLVED] CTRL + [key] at Terminal Not Working

#6 2015-04-21 18:16:32

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