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Terminal.app configuration handling Fn keys right

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Terminal.app Function Keys

Mac OS X Terminal.app profile which enables functional keys with modifiers.

It's a known problem that a lot of proper keyboard shortcuts, like Shift-F2 or Alt-PgUp do not work properly when used from Mac OS X Terminal.app

I created this Terminal.app profile which enables all the combinations of F1-F12, cursor keys, page up/down with shift, alt and control.

How to use?

Download Function Keys.terminal file and import it into Terminal (Preferences|Profile| * |Import...). This may require Mac OS X Yosemite or later to be installed.

In case you're using compact Apple keyboard:

PgUp:        Fn-Up
PgDn:        Fn-Down
Home:        Fn-Left
End:         Fn-Right

Other useful shortcuts

For some reason known shortcuts for linux terminals do not work properly. So, shortcuts like Control-W could still be useful.

Is it working at all?

There are some tricks as bare mac os bash abd byobu/tmux implement keyboard handling differently. For example: \0331;1P is recognised as F1 in byobu/tmux, but is not a valid combination in bash itself, as \033OP works for both.

Another thing to try might be disabling the default shortcuts in the Keyboard section of System Preferences. E.g. for some users ctrl-F2 moves the focus to the menu bar and prevents the usage of ctrl-shift-F2 for creating a new session.

Incorporating with an existing profile

Simply export your current prefered profile (Preferences|Profile| * |Export...) and open its xml file in a text editor. Then paste in the key keyMapBoundKeys along with the dict of keyboard options. Then save and re-import the profile.

Full list of all bindings

You can do it by hand, if you don't want to use my files:

Key     Action
     F1 \033OP
    ⇧F1 \033[1;2P
    ⌥F1 \033[1;3P
    ⌃F1 \033[1;5P
   ⌥⇧F1 \033[1;4P
   ⌃⇧F1 \033[1;6P
   ⌥⌃F1 \033[1;7P
  ⌥⌃⇧F1 \033[1;8P
     F2 \033OQ
    ⇧F2 \033[1;2Q
    ⌥F2 \033[1;3Q
    ⌃F2 \033[1;5Q
   ⌥⇧F2 \033[1;4Q
   ⌃⇧F2 \033[1;6Q
   ⌥⌃F2 \033[1;7Q
  ⌥⌃⇧F2 \033[1;8Q
     F3 \033OR
    ⇧F3 \033[1;2R
    ⌥F3 \033[1;3R
    ⌃F3 \033[1;5R
   ⌥⇧F3 \033[1;4R
   ⌃⇧F3 \033[1;6R
   ⌥⌃F3 \033[1;7R
  ⌥⌃⇧F3 \033[1;8R
     F4 \033OS
    ⇧F4 \033[1;2S
    ⌥F4 \033[1;3S
    ⌃F4 \033[1;5S
   ⌥⇧F4 \033[1;4S
   ⌃⇧F4 \033[1;6S
   ⌥⌃F4 \033[1;7S
  ⌥⌃⇧F4 \033[1;8S
     F5 \033[15~
    ⇧F5 \033[15;2~
    ⌥F5 \033[15;3~
    ⌃F5 \033[15;5~
   ⌥⇧F5 \033[15;4~
   ⌃⇧F5 \033[15;6~
   ⌥⌃F5 \033[15;7~
  ⌥⌃⇧F5 \033[15;8~
     F6 \033[17~
    ⇧F6 \033[17;2~
    ⌥F6 \033[17;3~
    ⌃F6 \033[17;5~
   ⌥⇧F6 \033[17;4~
   ⌃⇧F6 \033[17;6~
   ⌥⌃F6 \033[17;7~
  ⌥⌃⇧F6 \033[17;8~
     F7 \033[18~
    ⇧F7 \033[18;2~
    ⌥F7 \033[18;3~
    ⌃F7 \033[18;5~
   ⌥⇧F7 \033[18;4~
   ⌃⇧F7 \033[18;6~
   ⌥⌃F7 \033[18;7~
  ⌥⌃⇧F7 \033[18;8~
     F8 \033[19~
    ⇧F8 \033[19;2~
    ⌥F8 \033[19;3~
    ⌃F8 \033[19;5~
   ⌥⇧F8 \033[19;4~
   ⌃⇧F8 \033[19;6~
   ⌥⌃F8 \033[19;7~
  ⌥⌃⇧F8 \033[19;8~
     F9 \033[20~
    ⇧F9 \033[20;2~
    ⌥F9 \033[20;3~
    ⌃F9 \033[20;5~
   ⌥⇧F9 \033[20;4~
   ⌃⇧F9 \033[20;6~
   ⌥⌃F9 \033[20;7~
  ⌥⌃⇧F9 \033[20;8~
    F10 \033[21~
   ⇧F10 \033[21;2~
   ⌥F10 \033[21;3~
   ⌃F10 \033[21;5~
  ⌥⇧F10 \033[21;4~
  ⌃⇧F10 \033[21;6~
  ⌥⌃F10 \033[21;7~
 ⌥⌃⇧F10 \033[21;8~
    F11 \033[23~
   ⇧F11 \033[23;2~
   ⌥F11 \033[23;3~
   ⌃F11 \033[23;5~
  ⌥⇧F11 \033[23;4~
  ⌃⇧F11 \033[23;6~
  ⌥⌃F11 \033[23;7~
 ⌥⌃⇧F11 \033[23;8~
    F12 \033[24~
   ⇧F12 \033[24;2~
   ⌥F12 \033[24;3~
   ⌃F12 \033[24;5~
  ⌥⇧F12 \033[24;4~
  ⌃⇧F12 \033[24;6~
  ⌥⌃F12 \033[24;7~
 ⌥⌃⇧F12 \033[24;8~
      ← \033[D
     ⇧← \033[1;2D
     ⌥← \033[1;3D
     ⌃← \033[1;5D
    ⌥⇧← \033[1;4D
    ⌃⇧← \033[1;6D
    ⌥⌃← \033[1;7D
   ⌥⌃⇧← \033[1;8D
      ↑ \033[A
     ⇧↑ \033[1;2A
     ⌥↑ \033[1;3A
     ⌃↑ \033[1;5A
    ⌥⇧↑ \033[1;4A
    ⌃⇧↑ \033[1;6A
    ⌥⌃↑ \033[1;7A
   ⌥⌃⇧↑ \033[1;8A
      → \033[C
     ⇧→ \033[1;2C
     ⌥→ \033[1;3C
     ⌃→ \033[1;5C
    ⌥⇧→ \033[1;4C
    ⌃⇧→ \033[1;6C
    ⌥⌃→ \033[1;7C
   ⌥⌃⇧→ \033[1;8C
      ↓ \033[B
     ⇧↓ \033[1;2B
     ⌥↓ \033[1;3B
     ⌃↓ \033[1;5B
    ⌥⇧↓ \033[1;4B
    ⌃⇧↓ \033[1;6B
    ⌥⌃↓ \033[1;7B
   ⌥⌃⇧↓ \033[1;8B
      ↖ \033[H
     ⇧↖ \033[1;2H
     ⌥↖ \033[1;3H
     ⌃↖ \033[1;5H
    ⌥⇧↖ \033[1;4H
    ⌃⇧↖ \033[1;6H
    ⌥⌃↖ \033[1;7H
   ⌥⌃⇧↖ \033[1;8H
      ↘ \033[F
     ⇧↘ \033[1;2F
     ⌥↘ \033[1;3F
     ⌃↘ \033[1;5F
    ⌥⇧↘ \033[1;4F
    ⌃⇧↘ \033[1;6F
    ⌥⌃↘ \033[1;7F
   ⌥⌃⇧↘ \033[1;8F
      ⇞ \033[5~
     ⇧⇞ \033[5;2~
     ⌥⇞ \033[5;3~
     ⌃⇞ \033[5;5~
    ⌥⇧⇞ \033[5;4~
    ⌃⇧⇞ \033[5;6~
    ⌥⌃⇞ \033[5;7~
   ⌥⌃⇧⇞ \033[5;8~
      ⇟ \033[6~
     ⇧⇟ \033[6;2~
     ⌥⇟ \033[6;3~
     ⌃⇟ \033[6;5~
    ⌥⇧⇟ \033[6;4~
    ⌃⇧⇟ \033[6;6~
    ⌥⌃⇟ \033[6;7~
   ⌥⌃⇧⇟ \033[6;8~
      ⌦ \033[3~
     ⇧⌦ \033[3;2~
     ⌥⌦ \033[3;3~
     ⌃⌦ \033[3;5~
    ⌥⇧⌦ \033[3;4~
    ⌃⇧⌦ \033[3;6~
    ⌥⌃⌦ \033[3;7~
   ⌥⌃⇧⌦ \033[3;8~