input

Applies correct bindkeys for input events.

Without this module, you may experience oddities in how Zsh interprets input. For example, pressing LEFT and then the DELETE key may capitalize characters rather than delete them.

Also enables smart URL-pasting, which prevents the user from having to manually escape URLs.

The following key bindings are set in the main keymap:

• BACKSPACE erases the character under the cursor.
• DELETE erases the character behind the cursor.
• INSERT toggles between overwrite and insert mode.
• HOME moves to the beginning of the current line or, if already there, of the previous line.
• END moves to the end of the current line or, if already there, of the next line.
• PAGE UP moves up a line or, if already at the top, to the previous history event.
• PAGE DOWN moves down a line or, if already at the bottom, to the next history event.
• LEFT moves backward one character.
• RIGHT moves forward one character.
• CTRL-LEFT moves to the beginning of the previous word.
• CTRL-RIGHT moves to the beginning of the next word.
• SHIFT-TAB performs menu completion moving to the previous completion rather than the next.
• CTRL-X CTRL-E edits the command line with an external editor.

If zmodule zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search is defined, which should be done at the bottom of your ~/.zimrc, after zmodule zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting, then this module will also do a deferred binding of the following keys:

• UP or CTRL-P selects the previous command that contains what was typed.
• DOWN or CTRL-N selects the next command that contains what was typed.

Settings

You should add one of the following at the beginning of your ~/.zshrc, before the modules are initialized with source ${ZIM_HOME}/init.zsh, to select your preferred editor keymap:

• emacs:

bindkey -e

• vi:

bindkey -v

This module also provides double-dot parent directory expansion, which will turn a . typed after .. into /.. (e.g. .... into ../../..) so you don't need to type too many slashes and dots. Conversely, it will contract the last expansion when BACKSPACE is typed (e.g. ../../..BACKSPACE into ../..). It's disabled by default and can be enabled by adding:

zstyle ':zim:input' double-dot-expand yes

at the beginning of your ~/.zshrc, before the modules are initialized.