---
name: "lambda-term-inputrc"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblambda-term-ocaml"
version: "3.3.2-1+b24"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lambda-term-inputrc"
---

# lambda-term-inputrc(5)

Key bindings for lambda-term applications

## NAME

lambda-term-inputrc - Key bindings for lambda-term applications

## SYNOPSIS

**~/.config/lambda-term-inputrc**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the format of the *~/.config/lambda-term-inputrc* file. This file is a text file which associates editing actions to key sequences. Comments start with a '#' character and empty lines are ignored.

Bindings are of the form:

        \<key-sequence\>: \<actions\>

Where *\<key-sequence\>* is a sequence of keys in the emacs format. For example Control+w is written "C-w", Control+Meta+x followed by "e" is written "C-M-x e". *\<actions\>* is a list of editing actions separeted by commas. The list of all available actions with a short description can be obtained by running the command [**lambda-term-actions**(1)](/lambda-term-actions/1.md) in a terminal.

The file is divided in two section, the **\[edit\]** section and the **\[read-line\]** section. The first one is for key bindings that apply everyhere and the second for key bindings that apply only in read-line.

Here is an example of bindings:

        \[read-line\]\
         C-w: kill-prev-word\
         M-!: play-macro

In addition to letters and symbols the following keys can be used:

        \* enter\
         \* escape\
         \* tab\
         \* up\
         \* down\
         \* left\
         \* right\
         \* f1\
         \* f2\
         \* f3\
         \* f4\
         \* f5\
         \* f6\
         \* f7\
         \* f8\
         \* f9\
         \* f10\
         \* f11\
         \* f12\
         \* next\
         \* prev\
         \* home\
         \* end\
         \* insert\
         \* delete\
         \* backspace

Note that lambda-term accept only ascii characters in the configuration file, to use other unicode character you must use the notation *U+\<code\>* where *\<code\>* is the code of the character in hexadecimal.

## FILES

*~/.config/lambda-term-inputrc*

## EXAMPLE

\[edit\]

C-e: play-macro

\[read-line\]

C-left: complete-bar-prev

C-right: complete-bar-next

## AUTHOR

Jérémie Dimino \<jeremie@dimino.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[**lambda-term-actions**(1)](/lambda-term-actions/1.md).