Get natural keybindings in iTerm

iterm_settings.md

Natual Key Bindings for iTerm

Key References

• ⌘ command
• ⌥ option/alt
• ← left arrow
• → right arrow

Steps

1. Open iTerm
2. Open Preferences with ⌘ ,
3. Click on the Keys tab
4. Click on the + button at the bottom of the window below the table to add a new key binding
5. Click on the 'Click to Set' box to record the keys you want to bind
6. Add the following:

Delete entire line

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌘ delete

Action: Send Hex Code

Argument: 0x15

Delete single word

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥ delete

Action: Send Hex Code

Argument: 0x17

Jump to beginning of word

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥ ←

Action: Send Escape Sequence

Argument: b

Jump to end of word

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥ →

Action: Send Escape Sequence

Argument: f

Jump to beginning of line

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌘ ←

Action: Send Hex Code

Argument: 0x01

Jump to end of line

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌘ →

Action: Send Hex Code

Argument: 0x05

This reaches (I think?) the same result and is a little faster to setup

Preferences -> Profiles -> Keys -> Load Preset... -> Natural Text Editing

Um, HELL YEAH. I don't know if this just didn't exist when I originally found out how to do this (late 2016, though I obviously didn't make this gist until way later) or if I just didn't know this existed. Thanks, Noa!