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horseinthesky

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Registered: 2020-04-27

Posts: 3

zsh backspace works like Ctrl+w

Hello.
Could you pls help with one strange thing?: I've installed oh-my-zsh and my regular .zshrc (which I use for many years in Ubuntu) in Arch and for some reason, my backspace key works like Ctrl+w https://asciinema.org/a/lDExbep8lDG4LlltmVnkXKAjm

What is the reason for this and how to fix it?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,700

Re: zsh backspace works like Ctrl+w

It has been our experience the oh-my-zsh causes a great deal of heartache.  You are going to have to post your .zshrc so we can take a look at it.

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: zsh backspace works like Ctrl+w

This might also relate to the VTE used as well as the $TERM variable (esp. if it's a lie)

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: zsh backspace works like Ctrl+w

It seems the problem was in oh-my-zsh or one of its plugins. Updated everything and everything works fine now.

If you were wondering where your post went, I think you meant to hit the reply button, not the report button.

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williamwang

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Registered: 2020-08-22

Posts: 1

Re: zsh backspace works like Ctrl+w

@horseinthesky    this link   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xterm Fix the backspace key