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In zsh, whenever I press Fn+Delete (which is forward delete) a tilde (~) gets inserted. This indicates zsh doesn't have the key bound.

How do I bind it, and make it behave normally (delete in front of the cursor)?

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First figure out what sequence it generates.

echo "CtrlVFnDelete" | od -c

Then bind that sequence using the normal zsh bind mechanism.

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~ > echo "~"|od -c 0000000 ~ \n 0000002 ~ > What do I do with this information now? – Tom R Jul 30 '10 at 16:08
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@rixth: It's not actually outputting only a tilde. You can't use echo "~" , you have to actually follow the directions that Ignacio gave you. On my system, it's ^[[3~ (or as od outputs: 033 [ 3 ~). So the command would be bindkey "^[[3~" delete-char which would go in your ~/.zshrc. – Dennis Williamson Aug 2 '10 at 1:05
Thank you Dennis, and Ignacio! – Tom R Aug 9 '10 at 15:51
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