Re: using <left-arrow> in bind (Eric Smith)

[luteijn]

> Adding the following to the binding above, performs a delete backwards
> 'stuff ^H'
> Which escape or control sequence do I use for a <left=arrow>?
> When I use C-V to find out it reports .
> However that does not work for me.

What you should be sending in your case is <ESC>[D (three bytes, <ESC> 
is the same character as ctrl-[, rendered as ^[. Control sequences can 
be entered in 'stuff' in the caret notation, so 'stuff ^[[D' should 
work. Note that you do need two open-square-brackets next to each other. 
Right arrow would be ^[[C, up and down use A and B, another useful key 
is home: 'stuff ^[[1~', maybe followed by a few right arrows, if you 
have a long command of variable length that you have a variable addition 
to near the start.

Regards,
Pieter