mapping meta-b in secureCRT

[cherny]

Hi, I would like to map the key combination of Meta-b to the key combination ctrl-left_arrow. How do I do this?

Thanks

[rtb]

Hi cherny,

Thanks for the question. You can map keys in SecureCRT using the following steps:

1. Press the Map a Key... button in the Terminal / Emulation / Mapped Keys category of the Session Options Dialog.
   
2. Press the key/key combination to map.
   
3. In the Action section of the Map Selected Key Dialog, select Send String from the Function dropdown menu.
   
4. To the right of the dropdown menu, you can enter the string to send to the remote[/B].

If you want to map the key globally, you can use the same steps when editing the Default Session Settings.... This option is located in the General / Default Session category of the Global Options dialog.

Does this help you accomplish your goal?

[cherny]

The specific issue I don't know is how to map this specific key combination: meta-b and meta-f. What are the strings for those? I don't know their octal codes or string representation.

Thanks

[cherny]

nevermind, just figured it out: the string i was looking for was \eb

[rtb]

Hi cherny,

Thanks for the updates. I am glad to hear that you found the string you needed and posted it. I didn't know the string you would need to use.

I could suggest, for future use, that if you are using the key combination from another application, and have access to a shell like bash, you could issue the command "cat -v" and press enter.

This would put the shell in a state to allow you to press the key combination to see what is being sent to the remote.