DOCS-121: shell line editing and other 2.2 features

Author: Sam Kleinman

draft/shell-line-editing.txt

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Most examples in the :doc:`MongoDB Manual </contents>` use the
 </applications/drivers>` provide similar interfaces to MongoDB.
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
    /tutorial/getting-started-with-the-mongo-shell
    /core/shell-types

source/mongo.txt

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ displays some common help methods and commands:
      - .. versionadded:: 2.3.1
           Print a list of all databases on the server.
 
-Basic Shell Javascript Operations
+Basic Shell JavaScript Operations
 ----------------------------------
 
 The :program:`mongo` shell provides numerous
@@ -206,6 +206,113 @@ For more information on performing operations in the shell, see:
 
 - :doc:`/reference/javascript`
 
+Keyboard Shortcuts
+------------------
+
+.. versionchanged:: 2.2
+
+The :program:`mongo` shell provides most keyboard shortcuts similar to
+those found in the ``bash`` shell or in Emacs. For some functions
+:program:`mongo` provides multiple key bindings, to accommodate
+several familiar paradigms.
+
+The following table enumerates the keystrokes supported by the
+:program:`mongo` shell:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - **Keystroke**
+     - **Function**
+   * - Up-arrow
+     - previous-history
+   * - Down-arrow
+     - next-history
+   * - Home
+     - beginning-of-line
+   * - End
+     - end-of-line
+   * - Tab
+     - autocomplete
+   * - Left-arrow
+     - backward-character
+   * - Right-arrow
+     - forward-character
+   * - Ctrl-left-arrow
+     - backward-word
+   * - Ctrl-right-arrow
+     - forward-word
+   * - Meta-left-arrow
+     - backward-word
+   * - Meta-right-arrow
+     - forward-word
+   * - Ctrl-A
+     - beginning-of-line
+   * - Ctrl-B
+     - backward-char
+   * - Ctrl-C
+     - exit-shell
+   * - Ctrl-D
+     - delete-char (or exit shell)
+   * - Ctrl-E
+     - end-of-line
+   * - Ctrl-F
+     - forward-char
+   * - Ctrl-G
+     - abort
+   * - Ctrl-J
+     - accept-line
+   * - Ctrl-K
+     - kill-line
+   * - Ctrl-L
+     - clear-screen
+   * - Ctrl-M
+     - accept-line
+   * - Ctrl-N
+     - next-history
+   * - Ctrl-P
+     - previous-history
+   * - Ctrl-R
+     - reverse-search-history
+   * - Ctrl-S
+     - forward-search-history
+   * - Ctrl-T
+     - transpose-chars
+   * - Ctrl-U
+     - unix-line-discard
+   * - Ctrl-W
+     - unix-word-rubout
+   * - Ctrl-Y
+     - yank
+   * - Ctrl-Z
+     - Suspend (job control works in linux)
+   * - Ctrl-H (i.e. Backspace)
+     - backward-delete-char
+   * - Ctrl-I (i.e. Tab)
+     - complete
+   * - Meta-B
+     - backward-word
+   * - Meta-C
+     - capitalize-word
+   * - Meta-D
+     - kill-word
+   * - Meta-F
+     - forward-word
+   * - Meta-L
+     - downcase-word
+   * - Meta-U
+     - upcase-word
+   * - Meta-Y
+     - yank-pop
+   * - Meta-[Backspace]
+     - backward-kill-word
+   * - Meta-<
+     - beginning-of-history
+   * - Meta->
+     - end-of-history
+
+
+
 Queries
 -------