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<h1>DEFAULT BINDING</h1>
<p>Lynx invokes a built-in <em>Line Editor</em> for entering
strings in response to prompts, in forms, and for email messages
if an external editor has not been defined. Alternative key
bindings can be offered by configuring with --enable-alt-bindings
or by adding them in LYEditmap.c before compiling Lynx. If
available, they may be selected via the 'o'ptions menu, or by
editing lineedit_mode in the '.lynxrc' file.</p>
<p>Two such alternative key bindings, which may be available on
your system, are the <a href="alt_edit_help.html">Alternative
Binding</a> keymap and the <a href=
"bashlike_edit_help.html">Bash-like Binding</a> keymap.</p>
<p>Note: setting emacs/vi keys ON has no effect on line-editor
bindings.</p>
<p>This is the <em>Default Binding</em> keymap:</p>
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ENTER Input complete - RETURN
TAB Input complete - TAB, Do
ABORT Input cancelled - Ctrl-G, Ctrl-O, (Ctrl-C on some systems)
ERASE Erase the line - Ctrl-U
BACK Cursor back char - Left-Arrow
FORW Cursor forward char - Right-Arrow
BACKW Cursor back word - Ctrl-P
FORWW Cursor forward word - Ctrl-N
BOL Go to begin of line - Ctrl-A, Home, Find
EOL Go to end of line - Ctrl-E, End, Select
DELP Delete prev char - Ctrl-H, DELETE, Remove
DELN Delete next [1] char - Ctrl-D, Ctrl-R
DELPW Delete prev word - Ctrl-B
DELNW Delete next word - Ctrl-F
DELEL Delete to end of line - Ctrl-_
UPPER Upper case the line - Ctrl-T
LOWER Lower case the line - Ctrl-K
LKCMD Invoke cmd prompt - Ctrl-V (in form text fields, only) [2]
SWMAP Switch input keymap - Ctrl-^ (if compiled in)
<a name=
"TASpecial">Special commands for use only in textarea fields</a>[3]:
Textarea external edit - Ctrl-X e
Insert file in textarea - Ctrl-X i
Grow textarea - Ctrl-X g
[1] "next" means the character "under" a box or underline style cursor; it
means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between characters) type
cursor.
[2] Follow Ctrl-V with any recognized key command, to "escape" from a text
input field.
[3] For other key combinations using Ctrl-X as a prefix key, see the
Help page for the <a rel="Sibling" title="Bash-Like Binding"
href="bashlike_edit_help.html">Bash-Like</a> Binding.
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