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Only in zsh though does Meta-D delete the same type of word that Ctrl-W does (blank delimited ones). In bash in vi mode, you can use dW to delete those

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2017-09-25 20:47:12 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2017 at 20:47
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@StéphaneChazelas Yes, they (the two keycombos) have a different view of what constitutes a "word".

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2017-09-25 20:51:36 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2017 at 20:51
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You can check the "use option as meta" in the terminal Keyboard preferences to make it work.

Jozef Legény
– Jozef Legény

2018-06-11 08:07:08 +00:00
Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 8:07
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Both Esc+D and Alt+D work in xfce4 terminal 0.6.3.

neverMind9
– neverMind9

2018-12-01 16:02:09 +00:00
Commented Dec 1, 2018 at 16:02

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