Could KeyFunctions config remap to control combination?

[palmtenor]

For example, if I want to map Esc to Control + E (hypothetically), can I do that by using the KeyFunctions config? I tried ^E with string literal syntax (quotes) but that doesn't seem to work.

[mintty]

Space, Enter, Esc and Tab are only considered with at least one modifier

Also, key definitions may interfere with mintty keyboard shortcuts or Windows hotkeys...

[palmtenor]

I may have used a bad example. Let me explain my motivation. I have CtrlExchangeShift turned on because I prefer Windows style copy / paste shortcuts. But I still want to use Control + {} for most other keys other than c and v, at least those I care about like h / j / k / l for vim. So I was wondering if I could write something like

KeyFunctions=h:^h;j:^j;...

which effectively make that I only do CtrlExchangeShift on c and v?

[mintty]

To achieve that, you'd have to enclose the text in double quotes, and embed the control character verbatim.
As noted in the manual, there is no escape notation. ^j will not work right now.

[palmtenor]

I see, that makes sense. How do I enter or find those control characters? Or do we want to add the ability to escape ^ in the KeyFunction value?

[mintty]

How do I enter or find those control characters?

That depends entirely on your text editor.

Or do we want to add the ability to escape ^ in the KeyFunction value?

Possibly.

[mintty]

Released 3.0.1.