How to remap shift-arrow in term-mode?

Question

Is there a way to map Shift-left or other arrow keys to custom functions in term-char-mode?

I tried, but without luck:

(define-key term-mode-map [s-left] 'sandric/term-switch-line-mode)

Entering Shift-left in my terminal gives [1;2D, so I also tried:

(define-key term-mode-map "[1;2D" 'sandric/term-switch-line-mode)

But that also does nothing.

Related: Problems with keybindings when using terminal. – Dan Nov 26 '17 at 01:52 — Dan, Nov 26 '17 at 01:52
@Dan Perhaps not; see my answer. – Basil Nov 26 '17 at 01:55 — Basil, Nov 26 '17 at 01:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '17 at 01:54

Is there a way to map Shift-left or other arrow keys to custom functions in term-char-mode?

There is indeed.

(define-key term-mode-map [s-left] 'sandric/term-switch-line-mode)

Two issues here:

term-mode-map is the keymap used by line mode, whereas char mode uses term-raw-map.
[s-left] (lowercase s) corresponds to the <Super> modifier. The <Shift> key is abbreviated as an uppercase S, as in (kbd "S-<left>") or [S-left].

So the solution to your problem is likely

(define-key term-raw-map [S-left] #'sandric/term-switch-line-mode)

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