What keystrokes are required to navigate back from the bash shell to the editing windows?

Question

I have configured the spacemacs "shell" layer and set it up with multi-term to use the bash shell. When I activate it with SPC ' and enter the bash shell some of the keys like Ctrl-w used for navigating the windows are trapped by bash.

   dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
   '(
     ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------
     ;; Example of useful layers you may want to use right away.
     ;; Uncomment some layer names and press <SPC f e R> (Vim style) or
     ;; <M-m f e R> (Emacs style) to install them.
     ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------
     helm
     auto-completion
     emacs-lisp
     git
     markdown
     org
     syntax-checking
     elixir
     erlang
     ;; better-defaults
     (shell :variables
            shell-default-shell 'multi-term
            shell-default-height 30
            shell-default-position 'bottom)
     ;; spell-checking
     ;; version-control
     )

(defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
  (setq multi-term-program "/bin/bash")
  )

Are there some pre-existing key combinations that can be used instead?

Answer 1

By default multi-term unbinds '("C-z" "C-x" "C-c" "C-h" "C-y" "<ESC>"). These defaults allow commands like C-x o (other-window) that you can use to move point to another window. If the default setting doesn't include some bindings you'd like to use you can adjust term-bind-key-alist and/or term-unbind-key-alist to the values you prefer.