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switching for Control would be nice. but even nicer would be switching for the right-arrow key. reaching across with my right hand every time i want to traverse
by Tycho 16y ago
switching for Control would be nice. but even nicer would be switching for the right-arrow key. reaching across with my right hand every time i want to traverse a closed bracket in an IDE is ergonomically absurd
- Tycho 16y agowow, i just noticed that Control-F does that on most Mac applications (control-B moves the cursor back). Control-D deletes forwards, Control-E moves cursor to end of line, and Control-A to start of line. in nearly 20 years of Mac usage i've failed to realize that
- ams6110 16y agoThis behavior came with OS X, a carry-forward from NEXTSTEP where these emacs-inspired key bindings worked in all text input boxes. I do not believe that Mac OS 9 and earlier had this.