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Irssi 1.2.3 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 7/30/2021 on https://defkey.com/irssi-1-2-shortcuts

Irssi is a chat software that uses a text-mode user interface. It is
written in C language and can add encryption via plugins. Irssi is
available in Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Windows. Initially released in
January 1999, the software is still being developed.

Irssi 1.2.3 has 78 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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Left arrow              (backward_character) Move the cursor a character backward
Right arrow             (forward_character) Move the cursor a character forward
Ctrl + Left arrow       (backward_word) Move the cursor a word backward
Alt + B                 (backward_word) Move the cursor a word backward
Ctrl + Right arrow      (forward_word) Move the cursor a word forward
Alt + F                 (forward_word) Move the cursor a word forward
Home                    (beginning_of_line) Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl + A                (beginning_of_line) Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
End, Ctrl + E           (end_of_line) Move the cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl + E                (end_of_line) Move the cursor to the end of the line
Up arrow                (backward_history) Go back one line in the history
Down arrow              (forward_history) Go forward one line in the history
Ctrl + Up arrow         (backward_global_history) Go back one line in the global history
Ctrl + Down arrow       (forward_global_history) Go forward one line in the global history
Backspace               (backspace) Delete the previous character
Del                     (delete_character) Delete the current character
Ctrl + D                (delete_character) Delete the current character
Alt + D                 (delete_next_word) Delete the word after the cursor
Alt + Backspace         (delete_previous_word) Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + W                (delete_to_previous_space) Delete up to the previous space
Ctrl + U                (erase_line) Erase the whole input line
Ctrl + K                (erase_to_end_of_line Erase everything after the cursor
Ctrl + Y                (yank_from_cutbuffer) “Undelete”, paste the last deleted text
Ctrl + T                (transpose_characters) Swap current and previous character
Enter                   (send_line) Execute the input line
Tab                     (word_completion) Complete the current word
Shift + Tab             (word_completion_backward) Choose previous completion suggestion
Alt + K                 (erase_completion) Remove the completion added by word_completion
Space                   (check_replaces) Check word replaces
Enter                   (check_replaces) Check word replaces
Ctrl + P                (previous_window) Go to the previous window
Ctrl + N                (next_window) Go to the next window
Alt + Up arrow          (upper_window) Go to the split window above
Alt + Down arrow        (lower_window) Go to the split window below
Alt + Left arrow        (left_window) Go to the previous window in the current split window
Alt + Right arrow       (right_window Go to the next window in the current split window
Alt + A                 (active_window) Go to next window with the highest activity
Ctrl + X                (next_window_item) Go to the next channel/query. In empty windows change to
the next server
Ctrl + L                (refresh_screen) Redraw screen
Page Up                 (scroll_backward) Scroll to previous page
Alt + P                 (scroll_backward) Scroll to previous page
Page Down               (scroll_forward) Scroll to next page
Alt + N                 (scroll_forward) Scroll to next page
Ctrl + Home             (scroll_start) Scroll to the beginning of the window
Ctrl + End              (scroll_end) Scroll to the end of the window
Alt + [0 - 9]           (change_window) Change window
Q                       … to O  (change_window) Change window
Ctrl + Z                (stop_irc) Send SIGSTOP to client


Unassigned actions
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(backward_to_space) Move the cursor backward to a space

(forward_to_space Move the cursor forward to a space

(erase_history_entry) Erase the currently active entry from the history

(delete_to_next_space) Delete up to the next space

(erase_to_beg_of_line Erase everything before the cursor

(yank_next_cutbuffer) Revert to the previous last deleted text

(append_next_kill) Append next deletion to the cutbuffer

(transpose_words) Swap current and previous word

(capitalize_word) Capitalize the current word

(downcase_word) Downcase the current word

(upcase_word) Upcase the current word

(escape_char) Insert the next character exactly as-is to input line

(insert_text) Append text to line



Default symbolic key names
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(Space)                 space
Enter                   return
Ctrl + M                return
Ctrl + J                return
Backspace               backspace
Ctrl + ?                backspace
Ctrl + H                backspace
Tab                     tab
Ctrl + I                tab
Shift + Tab             stab
Up arrow                up
Down arrow              down
Right arrow             right
Left arrow              left
Home                    home
End                     end
Page Up                 prior
Page Down               next
Insert                  insert
Del                     delete
Ctrl + Up arrow         cup
Ctrl + Down arrow       cdown
Ctrl + Right arrow      cright
Ctrl + Left arrow       cleft
Ctrl + Home             chome
Ctrl + End              cend
Alt + Up arrow          mup
Alt + Down arrow        mdown
Alt + Right arrow       mright
Alt + Left arrow        mleft

Source: Irssi


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