inputrc

# See readline(3readline) and `info rluserman' for more information.

$include /etc/inputrc

set match-hidden-files off
set bell-style visible
set blink-matching-paren on
set bind-tty-special-chars on
#set horizontal-scroll-mode on
#set show-all-if-ambiguous on

# insert
"\e[2~": overwrite-mode

# pgup
"\e[5~": history-search-backward

# pgdn
"\e[6~": history-search-forward

# ctrl+delete
"\e[3;5~": kill-word

#"": backward-kill-word
#"\e?": backward-kill-word
#control-DEL: backward-kill-word
#"\C-DEL": backward-kill-word

# why doesnt this work from /etc/inputrc?
"\e[1;5C": forward-word
"\e[1;5D": backward-word