reegnz/jq-zsh-plugin

Using this plugin with iTerm2

johnhamelink opened this issue · 5 comments

johnhamelink commented

Hi there,

I just wanted to leave a note to let you know how to use this plugin with Iterm2:

  1. Cmd + , to enter preferences
  2. Go to Profiles, select your profile from the pane on the left hand side, then go to the keys tab.
  3. Set Left Option (⌥) Key to Esc+

If you don't set things this way, alt+j will create a ∆ symbol.

That's all!

reegnz commented

Wanna do a PR for the README?

darwinz commented

I tried the exact steps here in iTerm2, but I still get a ∆ symbol. I still can't get the alt/option+j to work in iTerm2. Are there any other steps that I might be missing?

reegnz commented

TBQH that's probably an issue with either your keyboard, or your iterm config.
I think stackoverflow might give you a better help on that than we can: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/196357/making-iterm-to-translate-meta-key-in-the-same-way-as-in-other-oses

reegnz commented

An alternative is to map it not to meta + j but to something else, like ctrl + j:

bindkey `^j` jq-complete
darwinz commented

An alternative is to map it not to meta + j but to something else, like ctrl + j:

bindkey `^j` jq-complete

Thanks, that works. Not sure why meta + j doesn't work for me. Probably something in my config, like you mentioned.