Alt-d/f/b special keys not work as expected

[curtainp]

Hey bro, I like this package so much, but here I discover that cursor will always return to end of line whenever alt-f/b(backward/forward-word) or alt-d, which is not as expected.

special_keys.mp4

[dakra]

Thanks for the kind words and feedback. This should be fixed on main now.

[vkz]

hm, I have the fix in the checkout that I load but the problem remains. At least for me. For now I was forced to be explicit about it:

(defun fullmeta-ghostel--send-alt-key (key)
  "Send Alt/Meta KEY to the terminal explicitly.

This is a narrow fallback for tty Emacs, where Ghostel's default
Meta path has been unreliable for a few readline/ZLE word editing
keys in this setup (`M-b', `M-f', `M-d', `M-DEL').  If Ghostel's tty
Meta handling is fixed upstream, prefer removing these explicit
bindings and falling back to the package defaults.

Equivalent direct form:

  (ghostel-send-key KEY \"alt\")"
  (when ghostel--copy-mode-active
    (ghostel-copy-mode-exit))
  (ghostel-send-key key "alt"))

(defun fullmeta-ghostel-send-M-b ()
  "Send `M-b' to the terminal explicitly."
  (interactive)
  (fullmeta-ghostel--send-alt-key "b"))

(defun fullmeta-ghostel-send-M-f ()
  "Send `M-f' to the terminal explicitly."
  (interactive)
  (fullmeta-ghostel--send-alt-key "f"))

(defun fullmeta-ghostel-send-M-d ()
  "Send `M-d' to the terminal explicitly."
  (interactive)
  (fullmeta-ghostel--send-alt-key "d"))

(defun fullmeta-ghostel-send-M-backspace ()
  "Send `M-DEL' / `M-<backspace>' to the terminal explicitly."
  (interactive)
  (when ghostel--copy-mode-active
    (ghostel-copy-mode-exit))
  (ghostel-send-key "backspace" "alt"))

and then bind those to M-* keys in the ghostel mode map. To provide some context:

Top of my current checkout:

6117978 * main v0.17.0 Release version 0.17.0
5bd67f1 * origin/set-title-function Replace ghostel-enable-title-tracking with ghostel-set-title-function
606ec4d * Preserve point and evil visual markers across redraws

GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin24.5.0, NS appkit-2575.60 Version 15.5 (Build 24F74)) of 2025-08-04

On the latest Macos. Emacs running inside WezTerm fwiw but there isn't anything weird in the settings. And indeed cat -v in ghostel does not register M-b and friends as ESC sequences - just shows nothing.

[dakra]

@vkz Thanks for the info.
This should be fixed on main.
Please write here or open a new issue if there are any (other) problems.

I don't use emacs in a terminal very often so it's not that well tested.