[arch-general] C-> and C<- does not work in urxvt in tabbed mode - archlinux specific

[Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.]

you can also just use the left and right arrows keys to move the insertion
point to the correct location in the command.

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Partha Chowdhury <kira.laucas at gmail.com>wrote:

> i use rxvt-unicode as x terminal emulator. In tabbed mode i cannot use
> ctrl +left or right arrow keys to browse through words in history. i.e
> commands
> which take a long argument
>
> previously i was using fedora 10. i had asked this question in
> rxvt-unicode mailing list
> http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2009q2/001019.html
>
> and the solution described there worked in fedora 10. I also tested this
> on ubuntu 9.10 and it worked. In both cases the rxvt-unicode
> package was the same -9.06
>
> but the above hack does not work in archlinux. Instead i find that i
> have to use alt key instead of ctrl key to achieve the purpose. It
> becomes annoying as the ctrl+arrow keys are used for the same purpose on
> console and any other terminal emulator as i use terminator often and i
> have to adjust based on circumstances.
>
> i took a look at PKGBUILD of rxvt-unicode and there is nothing that
> could point to this anomaly. so my question is this behaviour a bug or
> feature in archlinux ?
>