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Subject: Re: Readline -- cannot bind to both Ctrl-tab and tab at the same time?
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:14:16 -0400
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On Sun, Jun 28, 2015, at 14:55, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I'm trying to use a readline binding for both TAB and Ctrl-TAB, but it's
> not
> working for me. Whichever I install second seems to over-ride the first.

Can you bind it directly to whatever escape sequence ctrl-tab produces?
Some terminals may not be able to generate an escape sequence for
ctrl-tab, or may require a special option to be enabled (e.g.
modifyOtherKeys for xterm).