various improvements

[distro-setup] / .inputrc

diff --git a/.inputrc b/.inputrc
index c47fe9453ae3f5c75656dc90cd5188675e88311b..726bc78c75e09d7737f8951f0b4a14f49f89543d 100644 (file)
--- a/.inputrc
+++ b/.inputrc
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ set page-completions off
 #   the trailing / and I have to hit  <Tab> again. I don't like this.
 set mark-symlinked-directories on
 
-
-# makes the c-u keybind work.
-# perhaps other binds that didn't work would work with this.
-# todo, try it out
-set bind-tty-special-chars off
+# i had this set in the past to make c-u work, but it doesn't seem to be needed now.
+# not sure if it affected any other keybinds.
+#set bind-tty-special-chars off
 
 
 
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ Control-Space: set-mark
 
 "\C-d": undo
 
-"\C-u": backward-kill-word