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Terminal Navigation Keys

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To make sure that all of the normal text navigation keys work the ~/.inputrc file needs to be edited. This covers mappings for:

Ctrl-left-arrow
Ctrl-right-arrow
Home
End
Delete
Insert

# mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving

```
"\e[1;5C": forward-word
```
```
"\e[1;5D": backward-word
```
```
 
```
```
# allow the use of the Home/End keys
```
```
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
```
```
"\e[4~": end-of-line
```
```
 
```

# allow the use of the Delete/Insert keys

```
"\e[3~": delete-char
```
```
"\e[2~": quoted-insert
```

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