Is there a way to make alt-f and alt-b jump word forward and backward instead of printing ƒ and ∫ on Mac?

Question

I understand that Mac has some Emacs keybindings enabled by default (e.g. Ctrl+A move to beginning of line etc.). If I open TextEdit for example I can navi

Answer 1

If you want to re-enable them for the terminal

Terminal -> Preferences -> Keyboard

Check 'Use Option as Meta key'