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<!-- $LynxId: bashlike_edit_help.html,v 1.22 2021/07/01 21:02:38 tom Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.6.0"> <title>Lynx Line Editor Bash-Like Key Binding</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org"> <link rel="Sibling" title="Default Binding" href= "edit_help.html"> <link rel="Sibling" title="Alternative Binding" href= "alt_edit_help.html"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="description" content= "Describes the bash-like line editor bindings for Lynx. This is one of the alternate bindings normally compiled-in"> </head> <body> <div class="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="#bash_bindings">Bash-like bindings</a></li> <li><a href="#examples">Try it yourself</a></li> <li><a href="#emacs_bindings">Emacs-like commands</a></li> <li><a href="#special_keys">Comments on special keys</a></li> <li><a href="#notes">Notes</a></li> <li><a href="#miscellaneous">Additional details</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><a name="overview" id="overview">Overview</a></h2> <p><strong>Lynx</strong> invokes a built-in <a href= "edit_help.html">Line Editor</a> for entering strings in response to prompts, in forms, and for email messages if an external editor has not been defined. Alternative key bindings are normally available (unless <strong>Lynx</strong> was configured with <code>--disable-alt-bindings</code>). If available, they may be selected via the “o”ptions menu, or by editing lineedit_mode in the “.lynxrc” file.</p> <p>You can always see the current set of key-bindings in <strong>Lynx</strong> by opening the special URL <a href= "LYNXEDITMAP:">LYNXEDITMAP:</a>. This page is provided for those not using Lynx.</p> <p><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> setting emacs/vi keys ON has no direct effect on line-editor bindings.</p> <h2><a name="bash_bindings" id="bash_bindings">Bash-like bindings</a></h2> <p>This is the <em>Bash-like Binding</em> keymap.</p> <pre> ENTER Input complete - Enter, RETURN TAB Completion / Next - TAB, Do (<em><a href= "#note_2">see note 2</a></em>) ABORT Cancel / Undo Change - Ctrl-g, Ctrl-_ ERASE Erase the line - M-k, Ctrl-x k BACK Cursor back char - Left-Arrow, Ctrl-b FORW Cursor forward char - Right-Arrow, Ctrl-f BACKW Cursor back word - M-b, Ctrl-r FORWW Cursor forward word - M-f, Ctrl-s (<em><a href= "#note_5">see note 5</a></em>) BOL Go to begin of line - Ctrl-a, Home, Find EOL Go to end of line - Ctrl-e, End, Select (<em><a href="#note_4">see note 4</a></em>) DELP Delete prev char - Backspace DELN Delete next char - Ctrl-d, Delete, Remove (<em><a href="#note_1">see note 1</a></em>) DELPW Delete prev word - Ctrl-w, M-Backspace, M-Delete (<em><a href="#note_3">see note 3</a></em>) DELNW Delete next word - M-d DELBL Delete to beg of line - Ctrl-u DELEL Delete to end of line - Ctrl-k (<em><a href= "#note_4">see note 4</a></em>) UPPER Upper case the line - M-u LOWER Lower case the line - M-l LKCMD Invoke cmd prompt - Ctrl-v [FORM] (<em><a href= "#note_6">see note 6</a></em>) SWMAP Switch input keymap - Ctrl-^ (if compiled in) <a name="TASpecial" id= "TASpecial">Special commands for use in textarea fields</a> [FORM]: PASS! Textarea external edit - Ctrl-e Ctrl-e, Ctrl-x e (<em><a href="#note_4">see note 4</a></em>) PASS! Insert file in textarea - Ctrl-x i PASS! Grow textarea - Ctrl-x g </pre> <h2><a name="examples" id="examples">Try it yourself</a></h2> <p>Here is a little textarea for practice:</p> <form action=""> <p> <textarea name="practice" cols="40" rows= "5">This text cannot be submitted. Normally lines like these would be part of a form that is filled out and then submitted. You can move around here and delete or add text as you like, using the Line-Editor keys. </textarea><input type="reset" value="[reset content]"> </p> </form> <h2><a name="emacs_bindings" id="emacs_bindings">Emacs-like commands</a></h2> <pre> TPOS Transpose characters - Ctrl-t SETMARK Set mark at current position in line - Ctrl-@ XPMARK Exchange current position with mark - Ctrl-x Ctrl-x KILLREG Kill region between mark and position - Ctrl-x Ctrl-w (<em><a href="#note_3">see note 3</a></em>) YANK Insert text last killed (with KILLREG) - Ctrl-y </pre> <h2><a name="special_keys" id="special_keys">Special keys</a></h2> <p>See the <em><a href="edit_help.html#special_keys">Lynx Line Editor</a></em> page for an explanation of terminology and key-names.</p> <h2><a name="notes" id="notes">Notes</a></h2> <ol> <li id="note_1">"next" means the character "under" a box or underline style cursor; it means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between characters) type cursor.</li> <li id="note_2">For entering strings in response to prompts (that is, when not editing form text fields), some keys have different actions: TAB tries to complete input based on previous response; Up-Arrow and Down-Arrow may offer previous response and next response, respectively, from recall buffer for some prompts.</li> <li id="note_3">Ctrl-w can only be used for editing functions if its default KEYMAP to REFRESH is changed. This can be done in the lynx.cfg file, for example with the line "KEYMAP:^W:DO_NOTHING". This also applies for other keys: as long as the key's action is mapped to REFRESH, either with an explicit KEYMAP in lynx.cfg or by default, the key's Line Editor binding is disabled.</li> <li id="note_4">These keys invoke special behavior when pressed twice in a row: Ctrl-e Ctrl-e calls the external editor for changing the text in a textarea (if available). Ctrl-k Ctrl-k will move to the next link, so that all lines in a textarea can be conveniently cleared by repeating Ctrl-k.</li> <li id="note_5">Key is likely unavailable for <strong>Lynx</strong>, because it is interpreted by operating system, comm program, or curses library, or swallowed as part of escape sequence recognition. Binding is provided for the benefit of those where this does not apply.</li> <li id="note_6">where <strong>[FORM]</strong> is marked, indicates that the binding is effective only in form text fields. It is ignored by Line Editor elsewhere.</li> </ol> <p>When a text input field, including a textarea line, is selected, the Line Editor functions get a first grab at the keys entered. If a key has no function defined in the Line Editor binding, it can either be ignored, or passed on for normal key command handling, where modifiers like Ctrl-x or Meta currently have no effect (see the <a href="LYNXKEYMAP:">Key Map Page</a> accessible with the key <kbd>K</kbd> for current information).</p> <h2><a name="miscellaneous" id="miscellaneous">Additional details</a></h2> <p>Here are some additional details on other keys, for the curious (very much subject to change)</p> <pre> Normal key action when used in form fields, subject to remapping with KEYMAP: [FORM (except Up-Arrow, Down-Arrow)] Ctrl-l (<em><a href="#note_3">see note 3</a></em>) Ctrl-o, Ctrl-z, Ctrl-\, Ctrl-] (<em><a href= "#note_5">see note 5</a></em>) Ctrl-n [emacskey], Ctrl-p [emacskey] Up-Arrow, Down-Arrow (<em><a href= "#note_2">see note 2</a></em>) Page-Up, Page-Down, F1, Back-Tab Normal key command with Meta modifier ignored when used in form fields, subject to remapping with KEYMAP: [FORM (except Up-Arrow, Down-Arrow)] M-Ctrl-l (<em><a href= "#note_3">see note 3</a></em>) M-Ctrl-o <a href="#no_meta">[!]</a>, M-Ctrl-z, M-Ctrl-\, M-Ctrl-] (<em><a href= "#note_5">see note 5</a></em>) M-Ctrl-u, M-/, M-n M-Up-Arrow <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a>, M-Down-Arrow <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a> (<em><a href="#note_2">see note 2</a></em>) M-Page-Up <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a>, M-Page-Down <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a>, M-Home, M-End Passed as specific command: lynx action duplicates by default ----------- --------------------- M-Ctrl-d NEXT_LINK Down-Arrow M-Ctrl-e EDITTEXTAREA Ctrl-e Ctrl-e M-Ctrl-k LPOS_NEXT_LINK (none, Down-Arrow suggested) M-e EDITTEXTAREA Ctrl-e Ctrl-e M-g GROWTEXTAREA (none, Ctrl-v $ suggested?) M-i INSERTFILE (none, Ctrl-v # suggested?) M-< HOME M-Home M-> END M-End M-F1 DWIMHELP F1 M-Find WHEREIS Ctrl-v / M-Select NEXT Ctrl-v n Duplicates function of other key(s): edit action duplicates ----------- ---------- M-Ctrl-b BACKW M-b, Ctrl-r M-Ctrl-f FORWW M-f M-Ctrl-n FORWW M-f M-Ctrl-p BACKW M-b, Ctrl-r M-Ctrl-r BACKW M-b, Ctrl-r M-a BOL Ctrl-a, Home, ... Modifier ignored, and duplicates function of other key(s): edit action duplicates ----------- ---------- M-Ctrl-a BOL Ctrl-a, Home, ... M-Ctrl-g ABORT Ctrl-g, ... M-TAB TAB Ctrl-i <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a> M-Ctrl-j ENTER Ctrl-m, Ctrl-j, Enter / RETURN M-RETURN ENTER Ctrl-m, Ctrl-j, Enter / RETURN M-Ctrl-y YANK Ctrl-y <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a> M-Ctrl-^ SWMAP Ctrl-^ <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a> (if compiled in) M-Right-Arrow FORW Right-Arrow <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a>, Ctrl-f M-Left-Arrow BACK Left-Arrow <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a>, Ctrl-b M-Do TAB Ctrl-i <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a> Key completely ignored: Ctrl-q, Insert M-Ctrl-q, M-Ctrl-s, M-Ctrl-t, M-Ctrl-v, M-ESC (<em><a href="#note_5">see note 5</a></em>) M-Ctrl-@, M-Ctrl-_, M-Remove, M-Insert <a href= "#no_meta">[!]</a> Meta + other (mostly, printable character) keys: Modifier ignored, or sequence swallowed (<em><a href= "#note_5">see note 5</a></em>). M-@, M-E...M-Z, M-\, M-^, M-_ attempt to interpret as 7-bit escape representation for character in 8-bit control (C1) range if appropriate according to Display Character Set. [emacskey] Normal key action subject to emacs_keys setting. <a name="no_meta" id= "no_meta">[!]</a> Action of key with Meta modifier follows action of key without Meta. If you manage to enter the Meta key while Line-Editor Binding is not set to Bash-Like, and the unmodified binding is different from that listed here, M-<<var>key</var>> will act like <<var>key</var>>. </pre> </body> </html>
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