My bad. `Home` and `End` keys already work both under Erlang shell `erl` and Elixir shell `iex`. But seems to be dependent on the terminal emulator: - Guake terminal: works fine - Urxvt: doesn't work
As my main terminal is `urxvt` I thought it was an `iex` problem. Sorry for the noise. El lun, 17 jul 2023 a la(s) 02:28, José Valim (jose.va...@dashbit.co) escribió: > If someone submits a PR for Erlang/OTP, they will automatically work for > Elixir, so please go down that road. :) > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 03:58 Fernando Canizo <fernandocan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Request (TL;DR): >> >> Please add support for Home and End keys in `iex` shell. >> >> I know one can use CTRL-A and CTRL-E respectively, however I believe that >> having those keys working as expected is a good addition to the developer >> experience. >> >> Context (you can omit this): >> >> While looking for a way to configure `iex` properly to make Home and End >> keys work, came across this post from Elixir Forum: >> https://elixirforum.com/t/home-and-end-keys-dont-work-in-iex/31563 where >> the reply from _kokolegorille_ says: "I think it’s easier to learn some >> Emacs, than to make HOME and END keys work". >> >> Which got me thinking, cause... How hard can it be to add a couple of new >> mappings? So I went looking for iex configuration documentation and didn't >> find anything related to key mappings. >> >> I downloaded Elixir source code and grepped around for several possible >> terms. But got nothing. >> >> Skimmed through all files under `lib/iex/lib/iex` and found a comment on >> `server.ex` saying: "Starts IEx to run directly from the Erlang shell." >> >> Then I thought: "Maybe that's why _kokolegorille_ implied it was a hard >> task, cause you have to work it upstream. >> >> I went to check Erlang shell code then, and I found this PR: >> https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/794 saying that in Oct 2015 the keys >> are already working on Erlang shell. >> >> Now I'm puzzled, because if they work there and `iex` is just an Erlang >> shell underneath, then those keys should work. >> >> I installed Erlang and started `erl` to see that Home and End aren't >> working there. >> >> So now I'm completely lost and came here to see if someone can walk me >> through the inner workings of keys in `iex` and see if there's a solution >> for this issue. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elixir-lang-core" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/fc833068-a689-46d5-8544-f7d7b41daae0n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/fc833068-a689-46d5-8544-f7d7b41daae0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4JNomb%2BwBaKYbkJcJCH4VgeapjLGJH0y%3DjdSefDYSauUw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4JNomb%2BwBaKYbkJcJCH4VgeapjLGJH0y%3DjdSefDYSauUw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Fernando L. Canizo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAKDxLWWjwzpz5zXaFEtWr0zat%3DEkA%3Dhpvp0FDdcb0us_n77PDw%40mail.gmail.com.
