OSX ipython ctrl right / left navigation
In OS X ipython shell navigation was a pain coz I couldn't navigate/skip one word forward or backward using CTRL-RIGHT / LEFT arrows. Whenever I tried doing it I would see such characters.
In [1]: celery papaya;5D;5D;5D;5C;5C;5CA QUICK WAY TO FIX this is by installing readline and configuring .inputrc.
1) Install readline using brew
$ brew install readline2) TRICK LIES HERE. Find which characters are sent to ipython notebook when you press CTRL-RIGHT / LEFT.
Press CTRL-V and CTRL-RIGHT. In my case it showed
^[[1;5DREPEAT for left arrow. Press CTRL-V and CTRL-LEFT.
^[[1;5C3) Finally, your ~/.inputrc should look like
$ cat ~/.inputrc
# ipython settings
"\e[1;5D": backward-word
"\e[1;5C": forward-word4) Enjoy ! CTRL-RIGHT and CTRL-LEFT works now.
Some References:
https://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/readline.html#SEC14
Written by Mayur Rokade
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I just tested this and Control didn't work but Alt/Option did by default. I'm on Python 2.7 with OS X 10.10.4. Might make life easier on you. Hope this helps.
I found a more simple solution here: https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda/use-and-to-jump-forwards-backwards-words-in-iterm-2-on-os-x
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