Fish 4.0 Mac alt/option+[right/left] doesn't consider adding words

[mathbunnyru]

Let's say that I typed cd Doc and the command cd Documents/oss/docker-stacks is in history.

Both fish 3 and fish 4 suggest to autocomplete and it looks like this:

Then I press alt/option(on Mac)+right.

The behaviour on fish v3 (which I like), only word Documents is completed, the rest is still suggested:

Fish v4, everything is completed:

Moreover, after everything is completed there is no way to move left/right between words in v4. In fish v3 I was able to use alt/option+left/right and move between command words, in fish v4 it just moves one char left/right.

I'm using:

• macOS 15.3.1
• Apple M2 processor
• fish installed from homebrew
• iTerm2

[faho]

What does bind alt-right say? How about echo $version?

[mathbunnyru]

What does bind alt-right say? How about echo $version?

bind --preset alt-right nextd-or-forward-word

4.0.0

[faho]

Run fish_key_reader, press option-right. What does that say?

What is that key chord bound to (bind ...)?

[mathbunnyru]

Run fish_key_reader, press option-right. What does that say?

What is that key chord bound to (bind ...)?

Press a key:
bind right 'do something'

[mathbunnyru]

I ran bind (is that what you needed? Sorry, I don't completely understand what you need):

bind --preset ctrl-y yank
bind --preset alt-y yank-pop
bind --preset right forward-char
bind --preset left backward-char
bind --preset -k right forward-char
bind --preset -k left backward-char
bind --preset ctrl-right forward-word
bind --preset ctrl-left backward-word
bind --preset pageup beginning-of-history
bind --preset pagedown end-of-history
bind --preset -k ppage beginning-of-history
bind --preset -k npage end-of-history
bind --preset ctrl-x fish_clipboard_copy
bind --preset ctrl-v fish_clipboard_paste
bind --preset escape cancel
bind --preset ctrl-\[ cancel
bind --preset tab complete
bind --preset ctrl-i complete
bind --preset ctrl-s pager-toggle-search
bind --preset shift-tab complete-and-search
bind --preset -k btab complete-and-search
bind --preset shift-delete history-pager-delete or backward-delete-char
bind --preset -k sdc history-pager-delete or backward-delete-char
bind --preset down down-or-search
bind --preset -k down down-or-search
bind --preset up up-or-search
bind --preset -k up up-or-search
bind --preset shift-right forward-bigword
bind --preset shift-left backward-bigword
bind --preset -k sright forward-bigword
bind --preset -k sleft backward-bigword
bind --preset alt-right nextd-or-forward-word
bind --preset alt-left prevd-or-backward-word
bind --preset alt-up history-token-search-backward
bind --preset alt-down history-token-search-forward
bind --preset alt-. history-token-search-backward
bind --preset alt-l __fish_list_current_token
bind --preset alt-o __fish_preview_current_file
bind --preset alt-w __fish_whatis_current_token
bind --preset ctrl-l clear-screen
bind --preset ctrl-c clear-commandline
bind --preset ctrl-u backward-kill-line
bind --preset ctrl-k kill-line
bind --preset ctrl-w backward-kill-path-component
bind --preset end end-of-line
bind --preset home beginning-of-line
bind --preset alt-d 'if test "$(commandline; printf .)" = \\n.; __fish_echo dirh; else; commandline -f kill-word; end'
bind --preset ctrl-d delete-or-exit
bind --preset alt-s 'for cmd in sudo doas please; if command -q $cmd; fish_commandline_prepend $cmd; break; end; end'
bind --preset f1 __fish_man_page
bind --preset -k f1 __fish_man_page
bind --preset alt-h __fish_man_page
bind --preset alt-p __fish_paginate
bind --preset alt-\# __fish_toggle_comment_commandline
bind --preset alt-e edit_command_buffer
bind --preset alt-v edit_command_buffer
bind --preset '' self-insert
bind --preset space self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset \; self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset \| self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset \& self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset \> self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset \< self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset shift-enter 'commandline -i \\n' expand-abbr
bind --preset alt-enter 'commandline -i \\n' expand-abbr
bind --preset \) self-insert expand-abbr
bind --preset ctrl-space 'test -n "$(commandline)" && commandline -i " "'
bind --preset shift-space 'commandline -i " "' expand-abbr
bind --preset enter execute
bind --preset ctrl-j execute
bind --preset ctrl-m execute
bind --preset ctrl-enter execute
bind --preset delete delete-char
bind --preset backspace backward-delete-char
bind --preset shift-backspace backward-delete-char
bind --preset -k home beginning-of-line
bind --preset ctrl-a beginning-of-line
bind --preset ctrl-e end-of-line
bind --preset ctrl-h backward-delete-char
bind --preset ctrl-p up-or-search
bind --preset ctrl-n down-or-search
bind --preset ctrl-f forward-char
bind --preset ctrl-b backward-char
bind --preset ctrl-t transpose-chars
bind --preset ctrl-g cancel
bind --preset ctrl-/ undo
bind --preset ctrl-_ undo
bind --preset ctrl-z undo
bind --preset ctrl-Z redo
bind --preset alt-/ redo
bind --preset alt-t transpose-words
bind --preset alt-u upcase-word
bind --preset alt-c capitalize-word
bind --preset alt-backspace backward-kill-word
bind --preset ctrl-backspace backward-kill-word
bind --preset ctrl-delete kill-word
bind --preset alt-b prevd-or-backward-word
bind --preset alt-f nextd-or-forward-word
bind --preset alt-\< beginning-of-buffer
bind --preset alt-\> end-of-buffer
bind --preset ctrl-r history-pager
bind --preset \e\uF50Eep fish_clipboard_paste

[krobelus]

which version of iterm? May be #11025

[faho]

I ran bind (is that what you needed? Sorry, I don't completely understand what you need):

I mean I meant bind right, but it's fine, that info is also contained here.

---

Okay, you're hitting an iterm bug - #11025, which was supposed to be fixed in iTerm 3.5.12, and fish disables the kitty keyboard protocol in iTerm up to that version.

[faho]

The easy workaround for now is:

set -Ua fish_features no-keyboard-protocols

But I really want to know if this is either iTerm 3.5.12 and it shipped without the fix, or our version detection is going wrong.

[krobelus]

yeah maybe it's some specific nightly version.

[mathbunnyru]

which version of iterm? May be #11025

Build 3.5.11, which is the latest stable version of iTerm2: https://iterm2.com/downloads.html

[mathbunnyru]

Just so you know, iTerm 3.5.12 has not been yet released, so probably everyone using iTerm2 encounters this issue for now

[faho]

What does set --show LC_TERMINAL LC_TERMINAL_VERSION say?

[mathbunnyru]

The easy workaround for now is:

set -Ua fish_features no-keyboard-protocols
But I really want to know if this is either iTerm 3.5.12 and it shipped without the fix, or our version detection is going wrong.

This helps, thank you so much!

[mathbunnyru]

What does set --show LC_TERMINAL LC_TERMINAL_VERSION say?

$LC_TERMINAL: set in global scope, exported, with 1 elements
$LC_TERMINAL[1]: |iTerm2|
$LC_TERMINAL: originally inherited as |iTerm2|
$LC_TERMINAL_VERSION: set in global scope, exported, with 1 elements
$LC_TERMINAL_VERSION[1]: |3.5.11|
$LC_TERMINAL_VERSION: originally inherited as |3.5.11|