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# List Available Zle Keybindings
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Unlike `bash` which uses `readline`, `zsh` has its own implementation of a line
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editing library -- `zle`. A lot of the core bindings between the two are the
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same, e.g. `Ctrl-a` and `Ctrl-e` to go the beginning and end of the command line
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prompt, respectively.
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All available `zle` keybindings can be listed out by running `bindkey` without
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any arguments.
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The best way to check out an unaltered version of this list is by starting a
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fresh `zsh` process with no RCS files loaded in. The `-f` flag does that. Note
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though that when `zsh` is starting fresh, it has to decide whether to start in
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_Emacs_ mode or _Vi_ mode. If it sees that your default editor is something like
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`vi`, `vim` or `nvim`, then it will start you in _Vi_ mode.
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Starting in _Vi_ mode can be confusing because none of the standard _Emacs_
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keybindings like `Ctrl-a` and `Ctrl-e` are available in that context. So first
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ensure you're in _Emacs_ mode by running:
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```sh
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❯ zsh -f
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lastword% bindkey -e
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```
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Now you can list out all the keybindings:
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```sh
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lastword% bindkey
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"^@" set-mark-command
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"^A" beginning-of-line
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"^B" backward-char
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"^D" delete-char-or-list
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"^E" end-of-line
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"^F" forward-char
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"^G" send-break
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"^H" backward-delete-char
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"^I" expand-or-complete
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"^J" accept-line
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"^K" kill-line
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...
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```
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See `man zshzle` for more details on `zle` and `bindkey`.
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