Keybindings - Flume

Flume supports two keybinding modes: Emacs (default) and Vi. Set your mode in config.toml:

[ui.keybindings]
mode = "emacs"  # or "vi"

Global Keys (All Modes)

Key	Action
`Ctrl+C`	Quit
`Ctrl+X`	Cycle servers
`Alt+Shift+1-9`	Jump to server by number
`Alt+1-9`, `Alt+0`	Jump to buffer by number (Alt+0 = buffer 10)
`Alt+Left/Right`	Cycle buffers
`Alt+Tab`	Swap split focus
`PageUp/Down`	Scroll buffer
`Tab`	Nick completion
`Enter`	Submit input

Emacs Mode

Key	Action
`Ctrl+A` / `Home`	Start of line
`Ctrl+E` / `End`	End of line
`Ctrl+B` / `Left`	Cursor left
`Ctrl+F` / `Right`	Cursor right
`Alt+B`	Word left
`Alt+F`	Word right
`Ctrl+D` / `Delete`	Delete forward
`Ctrl+K`	Kill to end of line
`Ctrl+U`	Kill to start of line
`Ctrl+W`	Delete word back
`Ctrl+T`	Transpose chars
`Ctrl+P` / `Up`	History previous
`Ctrl+N` / `Down`	History next
`Esc`	Quit

Vi Mode

Vi mode has two sub-modes: Insert and Normal.

Insert Mode

Type text normally. Press Esc to enter Normal mode.

Key	Action
`Esc`	Enter Normal mode
`Ctrl+W`	Delete word back
`Ctrl+U`	Kill to start of line
`Ctrl+K`	Kill to end of line

Normal Mode

Key	Action
`i`	Insert at cursor
`a`	Insert after cursor
`A`	Insert at end of line
`I`	Insert at start of line
`h` / `l`	Cursor left / right
`w` / `b`	Word forward / backward
`0` / `$`	Start / end of line
`x` / `X`	Delete char forward / back
`dd`	Delete entire line
`cc`	Change entire line
`C`	Change to end of line
`j` / `k`	History next / previous

The mode indicator shows in the input line: [I] for insert, [N] for normal.

Command-Line OptionsCLI flags for the flume binary