iTerm tip to get forward (alt-f) and backward (alt-b) word working
iTerm is a fantastic replacement for the Terminal application in Mac OS X, but the standard way of jumping backwards and forwards by word doesn’t work. So after some googling I found Hackaddict’s method and adapted it to my needs.
Open iTerm.
Go to Bookmarks > Manage Profiles
Choose Keyboard Profiles on the left and edit the Global Profile
Next to Mapping, click the + sign.
For Key, choose hex code.
In the text box next to hex code, enter 0x62 for b and 0x66 for f
For Modifier, check the Option Box
For Action, choose send escape sequence
Write b or f in the input field for hex code 0x62 and 0x66 respectively.
Now alt-f will jump forward a word and alt-b backwards a word.
Yay!
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