+++BASH-LIKE BINDING+++

Lynx invokes a built-in Line Editor for entering strings in response to prompts, in forms, and for email messages if an external editor has not been defined. Several sets of 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.

Note: setting emacs/vi keys ON has no direct effect on line-editor bindings.

This is the Bash-like Binding keymap.

Basic commands

     ENTER  Input complete        -  Enter, RETURN
     TAB    Completion [2]/ Next  -  TAB, Do
     ABORT  Cancel / Undo Change  -  C-g, C-_
     ERASE  Erase the line        -  M-k, C-x k

     BACK   Cursor back     char  -  Left-Arrow,  C-b
     FORW   Cursor forward  char  -  Right-Arrow, C-f
     BACKW  Cursor back     word  -  M-b, C-r
     FORWW  Cursor forward  word  -  M-f, C-s [5]
     BOL    Go to begin of  line  -  C-a, Home, Find
     EOL    Go to end   of  line  -  C-e [4], End,  Select

     DELP   Delete prev     char  -  C-h, Backspace, Rubout
     DELN   Delete next [1] char  -  C-d, Delete, Remove
     DELPW  Delete prev     word  -  C-w [3], M-Backspace, M-Delete (?)
     DELNW  Delete next     word  -  M-d
     DELBL  Delete to beg of line -  C-u
     DELEL  Delete to end of line -  C-k [4]

     UPPER  Upper case the line   -  M-u
     LOWER  Lower case the line   -  M-l

     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  C-v [FORM]
     SWMAP  Switch input keymap   -  C-^ (if compiled in)

Special commands for use in textarea fields [FORM]:

     PASS!  Textarea external edit  - C-e C-e [4], C-x e
     PASS!  Insert file in textarea - C-x i
     PASS!  Grow textarea           - C-x g

Here is a little textarea for practice:

Advanced emacs-like commands:

    TPOS    Transpose characters                   -  C-t
    SETMARK Set mark at current position in line   -  C-@
    XPMARK  Exchange current position with mark    -  C-x C-x
    KILLREG Kill region between mark and position  -  C-x C-w [3]
    YANK    Insert text last killed (with KILLREG) -  C-y

Notes

C-key means Control+key. C-x key means first Control+x, then key. M-key means Meta+key, where Meta is a modifier that can be entered in a variety of ways:

First ESC, then the key. This doesn't work with all systems or on all connections, and if it does may not work for some keys (because the ESC character is also part of code sequences for "normal" function keys).
Alt+key. This works if the terminal, console, or comm program is set up to interpret Alt as a modifier to send ESC. The Linux console acts like that by default for most keys; Kermit can be set up to do it, xterm can be for some keys, and so on. But the same caveats as for the previous item apply. This Alt mapping may also be possible, independent of the ESC character, for s