the ctrl+h mapping interrupts the ctrl+backspace mapping

[rew1nter]

This might not be the place to ask this but.. yeah

Earlier I had this in my terminal "\C-h": backward-kill-word to delete a word with ctrl + bak. The terminal recognizes the ctrl+backspace as ctrl+h. So the previous mapping I had is not working anymore. Is there any way to make these two work differently?

[christoomey]

Couple options as far as I can tell:

• Make the C-h mapping doubly fancy w/ a nested ternary type check. Something like bind-key -n 'C-h' if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-h' 'if-shell $is_zsh ...'. To be honest I'm not even sure if that (the nested bit) would work, and if it did I'm sure the escape sequences would be maddening, but that's likely the most complete option
• You could map prefix C-h to some other sequence which triggers backward-kill-word, similar to the notes on Restoring Clear Screen (C-l). Again, a bit messy & indirect, but might be a solution.

I'm going to close this as I this isn't an issue per se, but hopefully these notes provide some direction.