> Now that we know we don't need the up and down arrow keys, what about the left and right? Unfortunately, these keys are still needed for single character move

> Now that we know we don't need the up and down arrow keys, what about the left and right? Unfortunately, these keys are still needed for single character movements... What? No. Use Ctrl-f and Ctrl-b. I use this probably more than any other readline shortcut. Ctrl-h for backspace, Ctrl-d for delete. Half my keyboards don't even have arrow keys and I don't miss them.