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[Request] Keybindings for Natural Text Editing preset

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Description

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I prefer to use the Natural Text Editing preset for iTerm2 because it lets me do things like AltBackspace to DeleteWordLeft outside of micro. In fact, it lets me do a lot of cursor manipulation that I just can't do with the Default preset. However, this completely borks the keybindings for micro.

What I would love to have is some sort of built-in default keybinding option that works with the Natural Text Editing preset. Even just something as simple as a curated and working keybinding override that could just go into the wiki or something, for people like me to copy and paste into our keybindings.json, I could live with that.

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Commit hash: 1856891
OS: Mac OSX 10.12.6
Terminal: iTerm2 build 3.2.3

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Research direction

Start by reviewing micro's existing keybinding configuration and the keybindings.json format; the issue names no source file, test, or entry point. Determine whether the intended result is a built-in Natural Text Editing preset or a documented working override, then verify that the resulting bindings do not conflict with the preset.

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Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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