diff --git a/bootstrap.ps1 b/bootstrap.ps1
index 4dd19a4..ccc9cc2 100644
--- a/bootstrap.ps1
+++ b/bootstrap.ps1
@@ -388,9 +388,6 @@ function setupShellEnvs {
     # & reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout" /v "Scancode Map" /d 0000000000000000020000001D003A0000000000 /t REG_BINARY /f | Out-Null
     # Write-Host "CapsLock remapped, will be effective after next system reboot."
 
-    # TODO: initialize Terminal, but its .json file won't exist until after the first launch
-    # $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
-
     Write-Host "setting up PowerShell profiles:"
     $pscoreProfile = (& pwsh -NoProfile -Command '$PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts')
     copyFile (Join-Path 'win' 'profile.ps1') $pscoreProfile
diff --git a/win/configWinTerm.ps1 b/win/configWinTerm.ps1
index b09a754..9600583 100644
--- a/win/configWinTerm.ps1
+++ b/win/configWinTerm.ps1
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ function winTermConfiguration {
 
     $_s = Get-Content -Path $wtSettingsFile -Encoding utf8 | ConvertFrom-Json
 
-    # sigh, PS is weird, need to add non-existing properties to the object before setting them
     $_s | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name confirmCloseAllTabs -Value $false
     $_s | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name copyFormatting -Value "none"
     $_s | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name copyOnSelect -Value $false
@@ -34,6 +33,19 @@ function winTermConfiguration {
     $_s | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name useAcrylicInTabRow -Value $true
     $_s | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name defaultProfile -Value "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}"
 
+    # https://harrymin.dev/posts/fix-terminal-keybindings-csi-u/#calculating-and-sending-csi-u-codes
+    # https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/19575#issuecomment-2888309292
+    $_csiCtrlSpace = "`u{001b}[32;5u"
+    $_found = $_s.actions | Where-Object { $_.command.input -eq $_csiCtrlSpace }
+    if (-not $_found) {
+        $ctrlSpace = New-Object PSObject
+        $ctrlSpace | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name keys -Value 'ctrl+space'
+        $ctrlSpace | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name command -Value (New-Object PSObject)
+        $ctrlSpace.command | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name action -Value "sendInput"
+        $ctrlSpace.command | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name input -Value $_csiCtrlSpace
+        $_s.actions += $ctrlSpace
+    }
+
     $_s.profiles.defaults | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name adjustIndistinguishableColors -Value "always"
     $_s.profiles.defaults | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name bellStyle -Value "taskbar"
     $_s.profiles.defaults | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Force -Name cursorShape -Value "vintage"
diff --git a/win/settings.json b/win/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ef00c37..0000000
--- a/win/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,329 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
-    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
-    "actions": 
-    [
-        {
-            "command": 
-            {
-                "action": "copy",
-                "singleLine": false
-            },
-            "keys": "ctrl+c"
-        },
-        {
-            "command": "paste",
-            "keys": "ctrl+v"
-        },
-        {
-            "command": "find",
-            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
-        },
-        {
-            "command": 
-            {
-                "action": "splitPane",
-                "split": "auto",
-                "splitMode": "duplicate"
-            },
-            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
-        }
-    ],
-    "alwaysShowTabs": true,
-    "confirmCloseAllTabs": false,
-    "copyFormatting": "none",
-    "copyOnSelect": true,
-    "defaultProfile": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
-    "focusFollowMouse": true,
-    "initialCols": 200,
-    "initialRows": 60,
-    "largePasteWarning": true,
-    "multiLinePasteWarning": false,
-    "profiles": 
-    {
-        "defaults": 
-        {
-            "antialiasingMode": "cleartype",
-            "backgroundImage": null,
-            "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.19,
-            "bellStyle": "none",
-            "colorScheme": "One Half Dark",
-            "font": 
-            {
-                "face": "Hack Nerd Font",
-                "size": 10
-            },
-            "intenseTextStyle": "all",
-            "opacity": 80,
-            "padding": "8",
-            "useAcrylic": true
-        },
-        "list": 
-        [
-            {
-                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
-                "hidden": false,
-                "name": "PowerShell",
-                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
-            },
-            {
-                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
-                "hidden": false,
-                "name": "Windows PowerShell"
-            },
-            {
-                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
-                "hidden": false,
-                "name": "Command Prompt"
-            },
-            {
-                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
-                "hidden": false,
-                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
-                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
-            },
-            {
-                "guid": "{59b72ad2-09f7-55ec-af87-65d062af8472}",
-                "hidden": false,
-                "name": "Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS",
-                "source": "CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc"
-            }
-        ]
-    },
-    "schemes": 
-    [
-        {
-            "background": "#0C0C0C",
-            "black": "#0C0C0C",
-            "blue": "#0037DA",
-            "brightBlack": "#767676",
-            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
-            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
-            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
-            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
-            "brightRed": "#E74856",
-            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
-            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
-            "foreground": "#CCCCCC",
-            "green": "#13A10E",
-            "name": "Campbell",
-            "purple": "#881798",
-            "red": "#C50F1F",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#CCCCCC",
-            "yellow": "#C19C00"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#012456",
-            "black": "#0C0C0C",
-            "blue": "#0037DA",
-            "brightBlack": "#767676",
-            "brightBlue": "#3B78FF",
-            "brightCyan": "#61D6D6",
-            "brightGreen": "#16C60C",
-            "brightPurple": "#B4009E",
-            "brightRed": "#E74856",
-            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
-            "brightYellow": "#F9F1A5",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
-            "foreground": "#CCCCCC",
-            "green": "#13A10E",
-            "name": "Campbell Powershell",
-            "purple": "#881798",
-            "red": "#C50F1F",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#CCCCCC",
-            "yellow": "#C19C00"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#282C34",
-            "black": "#282C34",
-            "blue": "#61AFEF",
-            "brightBlack": "#5A6374",
-            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
-            "brightCyan": "#56B6C2",
-            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
-            "brightPurple": "#C678DD",
-            "brightRed": "#E06C75",
-            "brightWhite": "#DCDFE4",
-            "brightYellow": "#E5C07B",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#56B6C2",
-            "foreground": "#DCDFE4",
-            "green": "#98C379",
-            "name": "One Half Dark",
-            "purple": "#C678DD",
-            "red": "#E06C75",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#DCDFE4",
-            "yellow": "#E5C07B"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#FAFAFA",
-            "black": "#383A42",
-            "blue": "#0184BC",
-            "brightBlack": "#4F525D",
-            "brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
-            "brightCyan": "#56B5C1",
-            "brightGreen": "#98C379",
-            "brightPurple": "#C577DD",
-            "brightRed": "#DF6C75",
-            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
-            "brightYellow": "#E4C07A",
-            "cursorColor": "#4F525D",
-            "cyan": "#0997B3",
-            "foreground": "#383A42",
-            "green": "#50A14F",
-            "name": "One Half Light",
-            "purple": "#A626A4",
-            "red": "#E45649",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#FAFAFA",
-            "yellow": "#C18301"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#002B36",
-            "black": "#002B36",
-            "blue": "#268BD2",
-            "brightBlack": "#073642",
-            "brightBlue": "#839496",
-            "brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
-            "brightGreen": "#586E75",
-            "brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
-            "brightRed": "#CB4B16",
-            "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
-            "brightYellow": "#657B83",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#2AA198",
-            "foreground": "#839496",
-            "green": "#859900",
-            "name": "Solarized Dark",
-            "purple": "#D33682",
-            "red": "#DC322F",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#EEE8D5",
-            "yellow": "#B58900"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#FDF6E3",
-            "black": "#002B36",
-            "blue": "#268BD2",
-            "brightBlack": "#073642",
-            "brightBlue": "#839496",
-            "brightCyan": "#93A1A1",
-            "brightGreen": "#586E75",
-            "brightPurple": "#6C71C4",
-            "brightRed": "#CB4B16",
-            "brightWhite": "#FDF6E3",
-            "brightYellow": "#657B83",
-            "cursorColor": "#002B36",
-            "cyan": "#2AA198",
-            "foreground": "#657B83",
-            "green": "#859900",
-            "name": "Solarized Light",
-            "purple": "#D33682",
-            "red": "#DC322F",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#EEE8D5",
-            "yellow": "#B58900"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#000000",
-            "black": "#000000",
-            "blue": "#3465A4",
-            "brightBlack": "#555753",
-            "brightBlue": "#729FCF",
-            "brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
-            "brightGreen": "#8AE234",
-            "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
-            "brightRed": "#EF2929",
-            "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC",
-            "brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#06989A",
-            "foreground": "#D3D7CF",
-            "green": "#4E9A06",
-            "name": "Tango Dark",
-            "purple": "#75507B",
-            "red": "#CC0000",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#D3D7CF",
-            "yellow": "#C4A000"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#FFFFFF",
-            "black": "#000000",
-            "blue": "#3465A4",
-            "brightBlack": "#555753",
-            "brightBlue": "#729FCF",
-            "brightCyan": "#34E2E2",
-            "brightGreen": "#8AE234",
-            "brightPurple": "#AD7FA8",
-            "brightRed": "#EF2929",
-            "brightWhite": "#EEEEEC",
-            "brightYellow": "#FCE94F",
-            "cursorColor": "#000000",
-            "cyan": "#06989A",
-            "foreground": "#555753",
-            "green": "#4E9A06",
-            "name": "Tango Light",
-            "purple": "#75507B",
-            "red": "#CC0000",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#D3D7CF",
-            "yellow": "#C4A000"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#300A24",
-            "black": "#171421",
-            "blue": "#0037DA",
-            "brightBlack": "#767676",
-            "brightBlue": "#08458F",
-            "brightCyan": "#2C9FB3",
-            "brightGreen": "#26A269",
-            "brightPurple": "#A347BA",
-            "brightRed": "#C01C28",
-            "brightWhite": "#F2F2F2",
-            "brightYellow": "#A2734C",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#3A96DD",
-            "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "green": "#26A269",
-            "name": "Ubuntu-20.04-ColorScheme",
-            "purple": "#881798",
-            "red": "#C21A23",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#CCCCCC",
-            "yellow": "#A2734C"
-        },
-        {
-            "background": "#000000",
-            "black": "#000000",
-            "blue": "#000080",
-            "brightBlack": "#808080",
-            "brightBlue": "#0000FF",
-            "brightCyan": "#00FFFF",
-            "brightGreen": "#00FF00",
-            "brightPurple": "#FF00FF",
-            "brightRed": "#FF0000",
-            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
-            "brightYellow": "#FFFF00",
-            "cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
-            "cyan": "#008080",
-            "foreground": "#C0C0C0",
-            "green": "#008000",
-            "name": "Vintage",
-            "purple": "#800080",
-            "red": "#800000",
-            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
-            "white": "#C0C0C0",
-            "yellow": "#808000"
-        }
-    ],
-    "showTabsInTitlebar": true,
-    "tabSwitcherMode": "mru",
-    "useAcrylicInTabRow": true
-}
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