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Control-Backspace (unix-kill-rubout) for readline?

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Mar 15, 20263760 views
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Problem

In I should be able to map Control-Backspace to the same function as Control-W (unix-kill-rubout). Regardless of what I put in I'm unable to get this to be recognized. ...for instance does not work. Can I map Control-Backspace to the unix-kill-rubout in readline?

Error Output

\C-\b: unix-kill-rubout

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Adding to seems to work for me. The represents control underscore. This is what my terminal sends when pressing Ctrl+Backspace. Pressing Ctrl+V then a key combination will echo its code to the console. For me, pressing Ctrl+V then Ctrl+Backspace ech…

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