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Ask HN: How do you do this with a Mac?
I'd like to know how the following can be done with a Mac:
1. The equivalent of a Meta-backspace on Linux that deletes a complete word on the command-line.
2. How to tab between two xterm windows on the current virtual desktop without being moved to a different virtual desktop if you have more than two applications in total open (say Safari, Xcode, etc).
3. How to put virtual desktops in a grid.
I hope this isn't too much to ask for.
- kaolinite 14y agoI'm afraid I can't be much help but I can say that I have had exactly the same issues. The third problem was a new "feature" introduced in OS X Lion; you may find that Snow Leopard is more to your liking. For the first problem, try ctrl (or cmd) and 'w'. As for "I hope this isn't too much to ask for", when I first got a Mac I asked on a forum how to maximize a window fully (as many windows resize to the window contents rather than full screen - not necessarily a bad feature but I also wished for a 'proper' maximize). I was perfectly polite but was flamed to death and told to "go back to Windows" (even though I had come from Linux). The community can be a little.. tense.. when you ask for features that don't exist.
- irfn 14y agoYou have to enable the meta character in your terminal or iterm settings.
- mcartyem 14y ago1. Ctrl-W 2. Type in a terminal: defaults write com.apple.Dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO and kill and restart the Dock 3. They say there's an app called Secrets that lets you play with such config stuff.