Bug 213212

Summary:	mail/neomutt: Ctrl+arrow keys don't work
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	Petr Fischer <petr.fischer>
Component:	Individual Port(s)	Assignee:	Baptiste Daroussin <bapt>
Status:	New ---
Severity:	Affects Some People	CC:	gahr, w.schwarzenfeld
Priority:	---	Flags:	bugzilla: maintainer-feedback? (bapt)
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Petr Fischer 2016-10-04 23:53:11 UTC

Ctrl+arrow keys don't work in bottom edit line (while entering To: or while entering limit string etc.).

Normally - Ctrl+left/right arrow keys skip over words, don't work in neomutt. There is shown chars "[1;5C" or "[1;5D" for Ctrl+right/left arrow keys. 

Also, in freebsd port "mutt", I can bind keys like this:

bind index,pager <C-Up> sidebar-prev
bind index,pager <C-Down> sidebar-next
bind index,pager <C-Right> sidebar-open

These sidebar hotkeys don't work in "neomutt". It behaves like "unbinded" when I press them.

Is ".inputrc" needed for neomut "bottom edit/command line"?

Everything tested in xterm.

Comment 1 Baptiste Daroussin freebsd_committer

2016-11-26 14:17:42 UTC

I can confirm both issues, I have no time right now to dig into them
I have CCed gahr@ maybe he will have more time or insight :)

Comment 2 Pietro Cerutti freebsd_committer

2016-11-26 15:37:06 UTC

I am currently on a macbook, connected via ssh to a FreeBSD server, and running inside tmux on the server. I can skip words with alt-right and alt-left in the shell, and that works in neomutt too. I will test from a non-mac machine next week.

Unfortunately ctrl is intercepted by OSX, so I can't test the sidebar part either. Using esc instead of ctrl works, though. Can you please confirm that?

Comment 3 Petr Fischer 2016-11-26 19:57:29 UTC

Tests:

1) alt+left/right in xterm bash shell
This keys geneated "D" and "C" letters

2) alt+left/right in neomutt (in search input field)
Keys generated "[1;3D" and "[1;3C"

3) Ctrl+left/right keys in xterm bash shell (but I have this in .inputrc)
---
"\e[1;5C": forward-word   # ctrl + right
"\e[1;5D": backward-word  # ctrl + left
---
This keys are working (due to .inputrc config)

4) Ctrl+left/right keys in neomutt (in search input field)
Keys generated "[1;5D" and "[1;5C"

5) ESC instead of Ctrl key + up/down
Nothing. Key is not bound.

5) ESC + arrow keys in xterm bash shell generated this chars: "[B", "[A", "[D", "[C"

Comment 4 Walter Schwarzenfeld freebsd_triage

2018-01-14 00:52:13 UTC

Is this still relevant?

Comment 5 Petr Fischer 2018-01-14 18:52:50 UTC

(In reply to w.schwarzenfeld from comment #4)

Yes.

Comment 6 Walter Schwarzenfeld freebsd_triage

2018-01-15 01:59:41 UTC

Did you try in neomuttrc?
bind pager <up> previous-line
bind pager <down> next-line

Comment 7 Petr Fischer 2018-01-15 07:00:15 UTC

Up and Down keys are OK. This keys (Ctrl+Arrow Keys) are not working (it's in my first comment here):

[.muttrc file]
...
bind index,pager <C-Up> sidebar-prev
bind index,pager <C-Down> sidebar-next
bind index,pager <C-Right> sidebar-open
...