Hi Randall, >Here's what I did: I used "od -c" to determine what are the actual >sequences generated by the keys I cared to map and then wrote >a .inputrc >file based on that. ahh, this was the missing step. I never knew, what key code sequences could be used to assign a function at the key combination I wanted to. :) Thanks, Jörg -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/