Unable to see my keymaps [SOLVED]

V.N.G · 2024-03-08 23:58:58

I'm currently setting my bindkeys for Zshell so i need the keymap for multiple touch commands like CTRL+Left or CTRL+Shift+Right (for example).
I know 2 ways to know the keymap : cat command and CTRL+V.
It works fine but when my command start with CTRL or Shift then it shows nothing and i don't know what is the good keymap for zshell keybinding. I tried to use what people said they used on some forum but none seemed to work for me.

Is there another way to see the keymaps ?

Last edited by V.N.G (2024-03-10 23:46:08)

seth · 2024-03-09 16:03:29

This will hinge on the specific terminal emulator - if you don't get any output from "cat", there's a good chance it doesn't produce any input at all for those keys.
(What might or not be configurable, "will hinge on the specific terminal emulator")

V.N.G · 2024-03-09 18:02:52

I'm sorry but it seems weird to me...
I will try to add more information.

So, my shell is Zsh and my terminal emulator is kitty.
BUT kitty configuration file understands CTRL+... and Shift+... commands because in the past I already configured it so that CTRL+Left/Right would backward/forward word.

Now i'm currently trying to do the same thing in Zsh for 2 reasons : not being dependant of kitty conf file and adding Shift+... commands for text selection.
I'm currently relying on this StackOverflow post (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/540 … -selection) for my implementation, but i made some modifications.
Here is my configuration (located in a separate file but imported in .zshrc) :

r-select() {
	((REGION_ACTIVE)) || zle set-mark-command
	local widget_name=$1
	shift
	zle $widget_name -- $@
}

r-deselect() {
	((REGION_ACTIVE = 0))
	local widget_name=$1
	shift
	zle $widget_name -- $@
}

r-delregion() {
	if ((REGION_ACTIVE)) then
		zle kill-region
	else 
		local widget_name=$1
		shift
		zle $widget_name -- $@
	fi
}

for   key      seq         mode       widget (
	# MOVE :
	  left     $'^[[D'     deselect   backward-char
	  right    $'^[[C'     deselect   forward-char
 
	  cleft    $'^[[1;5D'  deselect   backward-word
	  cright   $'^[[1;5C'  deselect   forward-word

	  aleft    $'^[[1;3D'  deselect   beginning-of-line
	  aright   $'^[[1;3C'  deselect   end-of-line

	# SELECT :
	  sleft    $'^[[1;2D'  select     backward-char
	  sright   $'^[[1;2C'  select     forward-char

	  csleft   $'^[[1;6D'  select     backward-word
	  csright  $'^[[1;6C'  select     forward-word

	  asleft   $'^[[1;4D'  select     beginning-of-line
	  asright  $'^[[1;4C'  select     end-of-line

	# DELETE :
	  del      $'^[[3~'    delregion  delete-char
	  cdel     $'^[[3;5~'  delregion  delete-word
	  bs       $'^?'       delregion  backward-delete-char
	  cbs      $'^H'       delregion  backward-delete-word
) {
	eval "key-$key() {
		r-$mode $widget \$@
	}"
	zle -N key-$key
	bindkey $seq key-$key
}


# restore backward-delete-char for Backspace in the incremental
# search keymap so it keeps working there:
bindkey -M isearch '^?' backward-delete-char

When i look at the bindkeys in the terminal, they are indeed created with no errors and the same keymap as I indicated.
All DELETE commands, left, right, aleft, aright, asleft, asright are working but the others do nothing.
When testing with cat, doing Alt+... will work even if there is CTRL or Shift in it.
So the problem seems to be PRECISELY when i start a command with CTRL or Shift or both.

So why kitty is able to understands CTRL+Shift+... commands (see doc here : https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview/ + I use frequently commands like CTRL+Shift+T that works fine) but not Zsh ?

Thanks for your time and effort !

seth · 2024-03-09 21:31:05

If you're binding a key as some sort of kitty shortcut, kitty will no longer forward it to the shell.
=> Try the behavior w/ xterm or alacritty.

V.N.G · 2024-03-10 23:45:45

OM*G I totally forgot that CTRL+Arrows and Shift+Arrows were already taken in the kitty configuration file when i configured the window arrangement (see https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/layouts/)

I changed these commands and deleted the one that were already used by kitty for other things and now it works completely fine, sorry for my stupidity x)

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#1 2024-03-08 23:58:58

Unable to see my keymaps [SOLVED]

#2 2024-03-09 16:03:29

Re: Unable to see my keymaps [SOLVED]

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Re: Unable to see my keymaps [SOLVED]

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