lix/doc/manual/rl-next/alt-left-and-alt-right-in-repl.md
Rebecca Turner 6de6cae3e7
repl: Patch editline to recognize Meta-Left & Meta-Right
This applies https://github.com/troglobit/editline/pull/70 to our build
of editline, which translates `meta-left` and `meta-right` into
`fd_word` and `bk_word`. This makes `nix repl` soooo much nicer to use!

Note: My terminal renders `meta-left` as `\e\e[C` and `meta-right` as
`\e\e[D`.

Closes lix-project/lix#501

Change-Id: I048b10cf17231bbf4e6bf38e1d1d8572cedaa194
2024-09-09 15:34:50 -07:00

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synopsis: "`Alt+Left` and `Alt+Right` go back/forwards by words in `nix repl`"
issues: [fj#501]
cls: [1883]
category: Fixes
credits: 9999years
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`nix repl` now recognizes `Alt+Left` and `Alt+Right` for navigating by words
when entering input in `nix repl` on more terminals/platforms.