Move backward and forwards by word in command line mode?

Question

Hello, if I press cw I am able to move around with CTRL+{A,E,F,B}, but I can't jump by word with CTRL+⟵ (left/right arrow keys). And ALT+B goes to start of the entire word.

I instead get the key codes inserted: ^[[1;5D and ^[[1;5C

I also have this set:
bindkey "^[[1;5D" backward-word
bindkey "^[[1;5C" forward-word

Is it possible? If not that's alright, I don't mind. Thank you!

Answer 1

Hi.

See 'wordchars' option if you want to change hehaviour of Alt+..., for example:

:set wordchars=1-8,14-31,a-z,A-Z 

I instead get the key codes inserted: ^[[1;5D and ^[[1;5C

curses doesn't provide combination of arrows and modifiers, see this issue. You can use cnoremap similar to bindkey as is shown in the first comment. I'm still unsure how to handle this nicely.