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Both linux and Windows seems to get basic text selection right, yes. Of modern desktop os-es, Mac OS X was the only one who has ever consistently surprised me
by reitanqild 8y ago
Both linux and Windows seems to get basic text selection right, yes.
Of modern desktop os-es, Mac OS X was the only one who has ever consistently surprised me on this.
It might not be a big deal to everyone but for me who
- deal with text day out and day
- and prefer to keep my hands at the keyboard (even when I have a nice trackpad)
small thing like this matters.
Just like details like a good trackpad matters to other people I guess.
- foldr 8y agoThe text selection shortcuts are completely consistent on modern OS X, in my experience. At least, I can't find an app where shift+alt+right_arrow doesn't select a word.
- jjtheblunt 8y agothey have been for 30 years, NeXTstep and non-NeXTstep MacOS. I think Larry Teslar of Apple (long ago now) was part of that. Also, TextFields in the NeXT and now Apple codebase know various Emacs key bindings by default.
- yellowapple 8y agoI've also yet to find an instance in macOS where Emacs-style text navigation shortcuts didn't Just Work™ automatically. One of the few things about macOS that I actually like relative to the average Unix/Linux desktop.
- reitanqild 8y agoI've moved on but between 2009 and 2012 this changed from application to application.