Keyboard Shortcuts¶
Xonsh comes pre-baked with a few keyboard shortcuts. The following is only available under the prompt-toolkit shell.
Shortcut |
Description |
|---|---|
Ctrl-Backspace (or Ctrl-H) |
Delete a single word (like Alt-Backspace) |
Ctrl-X + Ctrl-E |
Open the current buffer in your default text editor. |
Ctrl-D |
Exit xonsh and return to original terminal. If not called by another terminal, then exit current terminal window. Similar to |
Ctrl-J |
Similar to enter in a few respects:
1. Execute the current buffer.
2. End and execute a multiline statement.
|
Ctrl-M |
Same as Ctrl-J |
Shift-Left OR Shift-Right |
Highlight one character in either direction |
Ctrl-Shift-Left OR Ctrl-Shift-Right |
Highlight one word in either direction |
Ctrl-X + Ctrl-C |
Copy highlighted section |
Ctrl-X + Ctrl-X |
Cut highlighted section |
Ctrl-V |
Paste clipboard contents |
Ctrl-Right |
Complete a single auto-suggestion word |