org: TTY keys
15.9 Using Org on a tty
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Because Org contains a large number of commands, by default many of
Org’s core commands are bound to keys that are generally not accessible
on a tty, such as the cursor keys (<left>, <right>, <up>, <down>), <TAB>
and <RET>, in particular when used together with modifiers like <Meta>
and/or <Shift>. To access these commands on a tty when special keys are
unavailable, the following alternative bindings can be used. The tty
bindings below will likely be more cumbersome; you may find for some of
the bindings below that a customized workaround suits you better. For
example, changing a timestamp is really only fun with ‘S-<cursor>’ keys,
whereas on a tty you would rather use ‘C-c .’ to re-insert the
timestamp.
Default Alternative Speed Alternative
1 key 2
‘S-<TAB>’ ‘C-u <TAB>’ ‘C’
‘M-<left>’ ‘C-c C-x l’ ‘l’ ‘<Esc>
<left>’
‘M-S-<left>’‘C-c C-x L’ ‘L’
‘M-<right>’ ‘C-c C-x r’ ‘r’ ‘<Esc>
<right>’
‘M-S-<right>’‘C-c C-x R’ ‘R’
‘M-<up>’ ‘C-c C-x u’ ‘ ’ ‘<Esc> <up>’
‘M-S-<up>’ ‘C-c C-x U’ ‘U’
‘M-<down>’ ‘C-c C-x d’ ‘ ’ ‘<Esc>
<down>’
‘M-S-<down>’‘C-c C-x D’ ‘D’
‘S-<RET>’ ‘C-c C-x c’ ‘ ’
‘M-<RET>’ ‘C-c C-x m’ ‘ ’ ‘<Esc>
<RET>’
‘M-S-<RET>’ ‘C-c C-x M’ ‘ ’
‘S-<left>’ ‘C-c <left>’ ‘ ’
‘S-<right>’ ‘C-c ‘ ’
<right>’
‘S-<up>’ ‘C-c <up>’ ‘ ’
‘S-<down>’ ‘C-c <down>’ ‘ ’
‘C-S-<left>’‘C-c C-x ‘ ’
<left>’
‘C-S-<right>’‘C-c C-x ‘ ’
<right>’
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