I am curious to know what happens if you try this is in a text based virtual terminal i.e. vt[1-4]. As far as I know the Ctrl-<left-arrow> and Ctrl-<right-arrow> aren't key strokes supported by vim and I spent some time pouring through the manual looking for them too.
-- cursor control regression in vim https://launchpad.net/bugs/89660 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
