-You can do that by typing at the console prompt Control-q followed by
-the key you want to use. For instance, if you want to use Alt-r, you
-may get ^[r. Then, you have to add in the readline configuration file
-~/.inputrc the following:
+To do so, you have first to pick a key and know the character sequence
+associated to it. You can figure that out by typing at the console
+prompt Ctrl-q followed by the key you want to use. For instance, if
+you want to use Alt-r, you may get "^[r". Then, you have to add in
+~/.inputrc the following line: