This was annoying me for some time and i was unclear if it is possible at all. Now this time i invested the five minutes to look it up, the top of /etc/inputrc says it: # Quick dirty little note: # To get the key sequence for binding, you can abuse bash. # While running bash, hit CTRL+V, and then type the key sequence. Done that and added "\e[C": forward-word "\e[D": backward-word now it works for plain bash and tmux and i am happy ;)
This is not really a bug, but sounds like a nice tip for posting on a forum :) https://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-12.html
Uhhm it quickly turned out that if it looks too good to be true, it sometimes is. My change actually makes EVERY cursor key press jump a word which is of low usefulness. So the real problem is that on the virtual console, bash input sees no distinction between [cursor key] and [CTRL]+[cursor key]. WTF?
