Jump/delete across whole (non-whitespace) words with Ctrl+Left/Right/Delete/Backspace.

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Installation

To install use pip:

xpip install xontrib-whole-word-jumping
# or: xpip install -U git+https://github.com/xonsh/xontrib-whole-word-jumping

Usage

xontrib load whole_word_jumping

• Control+left/right: Jump to previous/next whole word
• Control+backspace: Delete to beginning of whole word
• Control+delete: Delete to end of whole word
• Shift+delete: Delete whole word

Alt+Left/Right/Delete/Backspace remain unmodified:

• Alt+left/right: Jump to previous/next token
• Alt+backspace: Delete to beginning of token
• Alt+delete: Delete to end of token

Known issues

Some terminals cannot differentiate between Backspace and Control+Backspace. In this case, users can set $XONSH_WHOLE_WORD_CTRL_BKSP = False to skip configuration of the Control+Backspace key binding.

Credits

This package was created with xontrib template.