On a Mac, I use iTerm2 as my default terminal due to the added features, such as auto-copy and the ability to split multiple terminals. One nuance was not having the ability to move between words (like in vim); however, I found the below how-to on Stack Overflow — where else? 🙂
- Go to Preferences, Profile, Keys.
- Set your left ? key to act as an escape character.
- Locate the current shortcut for ? ? or create a new one, with the following settings:
- Keyboard Shortcut: ??
- Action: Send Escape Sequence
- Esc+: b
- repeat for the ?? keyboard shortcut with the following settings:
- Keyboard Shortcut: ??
- Action: Send Escape Sequence
- Esc+: f
From this point, you can use Option + [left/right arrow keys]. Yass, productivity skill level increase! Later.