Lynx invokes a built-in Line Editor for entering strings in response to prompts, in forms, and for email messages if an external editor has not been defined. Additional alternative key-bindings can be offered by configuring with --enable-alt-bindings or by adding them in LYEditmap.c before compiling Lynx. If available, they may be selected via the 'o'ptions menu, or by editing lineedit_mode in the '.lynxrc' file.
Note: setting emacs/vi keys ON has no direct effect on line-editor bindings.
This is the Alternative Binding keymap:
ENTER Input complete - RETURN
TAB Input complete - TAB, Do
ABORT Input cancelled - Ctrl-G, Ctrl-O, (Ctrl-C on some systems)
ERASE Erase the line - Ctrl-U
BACK Cursor back char - Left-Arrow, Ctrl-B
FORW Cursor forward char - Right-Arrow, Ctrl-F
BACKW Cursor back word - Ctrl-P
FORWW Cursor forward word - Ctrl-N
BOL Go to begin of line - Ctrl-A, Home, Find
EOL Go to end of line - Ctrl-E, End, Select
DELP Delete prev char - Ctrl-H, DELETE, Remove
DELN Delete next [1] char - Ctrl-D
DELPW Delete prev word - Ctrl-R
DELNW Delete next word - Ctrl-T
DELEL Delete to end of line - Ctrl-K
UPPER Upper case the line - Ctrl-^
LOWER Lower case the line - Ctrl-_
LKCMD Invoke cmd prompt - Ctrl-V (in form text fields, only) [2]
Special commands for use only in textarea fields[3]:
Textarea external edit - Ctrl-X e
Insert file in textarea - Ctrl-X i
Grow textarea - Ctrl-X g
[1] "next" means the character "under" a box or underline style cursor; it
means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between characters) type
cursor.
[2] Follow Ctrl-V with any recognized key command, to "escape" from a text
input field.
[3] For other key combinations using Ctrl-X as a prefix key, see the
Help page for the Bash-Like Binding.