Re: bindkey sequence

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Todd Freed <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm attempting to match a sequence of 6-7 keystrokes and can't quite get the
> bindkey to work.
>
> I find myself frequently copying the line-just-above the cursor into screens
> buffer, so I can paste it somewhere. So, the key sequence I use (and which I
> want to map) looks like this:
>
> Ctrl-A # command
> Escape # copy mode
> Up Arrow # previous line
> Shift + Pipe # move cursor to beginning of line
> Enter # Start copying
> Shift + 4 # move cursor to end of line
> Enter # done copying
>
> I can't get the key selector (say, for Alt+Shift+C) but even if I use an
> easy one, I can't even approach what the right hand side of this bindkey
> would look like .. something with the stuff command im guessing.

Try, for example:

  bind P eval "copy" "stuff -k ku" "stuff Y" "stuff \033"

So pressing C-a P will (1) go into copy mode, (2) press the up arrow
key (3) press Y to yank the entire line (4) press escape to leave the
copy mode.

Cheers.
Sadrul