I can confirm that it doesn't work, but it also doesn't work in xterm. I believe that this is a function of bash and not gnome-terminal. The webpages I've found say Control-B moves back one character. The same is true for Ctrl-F. What I have found is that the correct emacs key to move back and forth a word is Esc-B and Esc-F. I am going to mark this invalid and get the webpage fixed.
References: http://www.skorks.com/2009/09/bash-shortcuts-for-maximum-productivity/ http://www.aboutlinux.info/2005/08/bash-shell-shortcuts.html http://www.ice2o.com/bash_quick_ref.html ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981576 Title: ctrl+b doesnt work (moving to the begining of current word) Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: In https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Change_the_text Written ctrl+b Moves to the beginning of the previous or current word. Doesnt work.. Should work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-terminal 2.30.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-40.87-generic 2.6.32.57+drm33.23 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-40-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Apr 14 16:18:56 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/981576/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
