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iTerm 2 Natural Text Editing Preset
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| On iTerm2 - Open Preferences > Profiles > Keys > Key Mappings > Presets > Select Natural Text Editing | |
| - You can move a word backwards using Option ⌥ + ← and a word forwards using Option ⌥ + → | |
| - Move to the start of the line using fn + ← and to the end of the line with fn + →. | |
| - Also you can delete a word backwards using Option ⌥ + ⌫, delete the whole line using Command ⌘ + ⌫. | |
| If the preset doesn't appear, reinstall iTerm2. If you installed it using Homebrew + Cask: | |
| brew cask reinstall iterm2 |
I can't believe this old Gist is both the first search result I got and the best tutorial for that, all thanks to screenshots in the comments.
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