Arrow keys work like option+arrow in terminal in tmux on osx
The following setting in .tmux.conf breaks arrow keys in terminal in tmux:
set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
When I disable this setting, then arrow keys work as expected in terminal but then they don't work in Vim.
With this setting, the arrow keys move the cursor word wise as option+arrow keys.
The problem occurs both inside Terminal and iterm2.
macos keyboard terminal tmux
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
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The following setting in .tmux.conf breaks arrow keys in terminal in tmux:
set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
When I disable this setting, then arrow keys work as expected in terminal but then they don't work in Vim.
With this setting, the arrow keys move the cursor word wise as option+arrow keys.
The problem occurs both inside Terminal and iterm2.
macos keyboard terminal tmux
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
add a comment |
The following setting in .tmux.conf breaks arrow keys in terminal in tmux:
set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
When I disable this setting, then arrow keys work as expected in terminal but then they don't work in Vim.
With this setting, the arrow keys move the cursor word wise as option+arrow keys.
The problem occurs both inside Terminal and iterm2.
macos keyboard terminal tmux
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
The following setting in .tmux.conf breaks arrow keys in terminal in tmux:
set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
When I disable this setting, then arrow keys work as expected in terminal but then they don't work in Vim.
With this setting, the arrow keys move the cursor word wise as option+arrow keys.
The problem occurs both inside Terminal and iterm2.
macos keyboard terminal tmux
macos keyboard terminal tmux
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
edited Oct 17 '14 at 15:19
mMontu
35318
35318
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
asked Oct 13 '14 at 7:53
Mert NuhogluMert Nuhoglu
1,04031730
1,04031730
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I just encountered this same error and fixed it by disabling xterm-keys in my tmux.conf:
setw -g xterm-keys off
I then added the following lines to my .vimrc based on this answer to enable the arrow keys to work correctly inside tmux.
" Needed for tmux and vim to play nice
nnoremap ^[[A <Up>
nnoremap ^[[B <Down>
nnoremap ^[[D <Left>
nnoremap ^[[C <Right>
I added the "^[[A" characters by using Vim's verbatim mode, i.e. pressing Ctrl-v and then the correspodning arrow key.
Finally, I set my tmux terminal to screen256-color using the following line (also in my tmux.conf):
set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
nosbormnosborm
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On my macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 the keys are not the same - they are:
nnoremap ^[OA <Up>
nnoremap ^[OB <Down>
nnoremap ^[OD <Left>
nnoremap ^[OC <Right>
NB: This is not the functionality I was personally looking for and not sure what the tmux command does.
I want to stop the arrows keys opening and performing Mission Control actions. For that, I had to disable the keyboard shortcuts in Preferences.
See: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion?
answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
1012
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I just encountered this same error and fixed it by disabling xterm-keys in my tmux.conf:
setw -g xterm-keys off
I then added the following lines to my .vimrc based on this answer to enable the arrow keys to work correctly inside tmux.
" Needed for tmux and vim to play nice
nnoremap ^[[A <Up>
nnoremap ^[[B <Down>
nnoremap ^[[D <Left>
nnoremap ^[[C <Right>
I added the "^[[A" characters by using Vim's verbatim mode, i.e. pressing Ctrl-v and then the correspodning arrow key.
Finally, I set my tmux terminal to screen256-color using the following line (also in my tmux.conf):
set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
nosbormnosborm
111
add a comment |
I just encountered this same error and fixed it by disabling xterm-keys in my tmux.conf:
setw -g xterm-keys off
I then added the following lines to my .vimrc based on this answer to enable the arrow keys to work correctly inside tmux.
" Needed for tmux and vim to play nice
nnoremap ^[[A <Up>
nnoremap ^[[B <Down>
nnoremap ^[[D <Left>
nnoremap ^[[C <Right>
I added the "^[[A" characters by using Vim's verbatim mode, i.e. pressing Ctrl-v and then the correspodning arrow key.
Finally, I set my tmux terminal to screen256-color using the following line (also in my tmux.conf):
set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
nosbormnosborm
111
add a comment |
I just encountered this same error and fixed it by disabling xterm-keys in my tmux.conf:
setw -g xterm-keys off
I then added the following lines to my .vimrc based on this answer to enable the arrow keys to work correctly inside tmux.
" Needed for tmux and vim to play nice
nnoremap ^[[A <Up>
nnoremap ^[[B <Down>
nnoremap ^[[D <Left>
nnoremap ^[[C <Right>
I added the "^[[A" characters by using Vim's verbatim mode, i.e. pressing Ctrl-v and then the correspodning arrow key.
Finally, I set my tmux terminal to screen256-color using the following line (also in my tmux.conf):
set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
nosbormnosborm
111
I just encountered this same error and fixed it by disabling xterm-keys in my tmux.conf:
setw -g xterm-keys off
I then added the following lines to my .vimrc based on this answer to enable the arrow keys to work correctly inside tmux.
" Needed for tmux and vim to play nice
nnoremap ^[[A <Up>
nnoremap ^[[B <Down>
nnoremap ^[[D <Left>
nnoremap ^[[C <Right>
I added the "^[[A" characters by using Vim's verbatim mode, i.e. pressing Ctrl-v and then the correspodning arrow key.
Finally, I set my tmux terminal to screen256-color using the following line (also in my tmux.conf):
set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
nosbormnosborm
111
answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
nosbormnosborm
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answered Jun 23 '17 at 18:00
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On my macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 the keys are not the same - they are:
nnoremap ^[OA <Up>
nnoremap ^[OB <Down>
nnoremap ^[OD <Left>
nnoremap ^[OC <Right>
NB: This is not the functionality I was personally looking for and not sure what the tmux command does.
I want to stop the arrows keys opening and performing Mission Control actions. For that, I had to disable the keyboard shortcuts in Preferences.
See: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion?
answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
1012
add a comment |
On my macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 the keys are not the same - they are:
nnoremap ^[OA <Up>
nnoremap ^[OB <Down>
nnoremap ^[OD <Left>
nnoremap ^[OC <Right>
NB: This is not the functionality I was personally looking for and not sure what the tmux command does.
I want to stop the arrows keys opening and performing Mission Control actions. For that, I had to disable the keyboard shortcuts in Preferences.
See: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion?
answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
1012
add a comment |
On my macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 the keys are not the same - they are:
nnoremap ^[OA <Up>
nnoremap ^[OB <Down>
nnoremap ^[OD <Left>
nnoremap ^[OC <Right>
NB: This is not the functionality I was personally looking for and not sure what the tmux command does.
I want to stop the arrows keys opening and performing Mission Control actions. For that, I had to disable the keyboard shortcuts in Preferences.
See: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion?
answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
1012
On my macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 the keys are not the same - they are:
nnoremap ^[OA <Up>
nnoremap ^[OB <Down>
nnoremap ^[OD <Left>
nnoremap ^[OC <Right>
NB: This is not the functionality I was personally looking for and not sure what the tmux command does.
I want to stop the arrows keys opening and performing Mission Control actions. For that, I had to disable the keyboard shortcuts in Preferences.
See: How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion?
answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
1012
edited Jan 22 at 0:10
answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
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answered Jan 21 at 23:44
Tony BarganskiTony Barganski
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answered Jan 21 at 23:44
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