Mapping word-complete to escape key

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Hi all,

Im trying to map the 'word-complete' (or autocomplete) function to the 'esc' key. I currently use "bindkey -v" to map the vi key bindings and this bind set uses 'tab' as the autocomplete key.

If I try to map the tab function to the escape key using "bindkey -b ^[ word-complete" I can turn the escape key into autocomplete as well as the tab key, but at the same time I lose the up-history and down-history on the up/down arrow keys.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[ericbrunson]

I believe the up and down arrow keys are sending an escape sequence which start with an escape, which is being stolen by the new binding.