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I'm a long time Emacs user, but I certainly am not aware that OS X supports Emacs key bindings in every text box. My initial reaction is to not believe you, but

by baddox 12y ago

I'm a long time Emacs user, but I certainly am not aware that OS X supports Emacs key bindings in every text box. My initial reaction is to not believe you, but I will certainly try it out tomorrow.

aerique 12y ago
It is actually pretty common knowledge that OSX has Emacs keybindings by default for text entry. (At least the basic text editing bindings, don't expect a full Emacs implementation and "M-x tetris".)
escherize 12y ago
C-a, C-e, C-n, C-p all work. EDIT: C-f, C-b work as well. Are there any others? Actually, I can tell you for a fact, I've hit M-b (∫) many times and been disappointed by it. I get why, but I'm still disappointed.
- jakobegger 12y ago
  My favorite one is C-t (transpose)
- jakobegger 12y ago
  And of course there's kill C-k and yank C-y
  - lloeki 12y ago
    But sadly, no C-w.
    - fatboy 12y ago
      I've never used emacs - Is that 'select word'? I have that system-wide by putting "^w" = (selectWord:); into '~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict'. There's a load of information online about the customisation that can be put in this file. Here's a comment of mine with some links in it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6718604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6718604 Annoyingly, Xcode stopped paying attention to this file at some point around version 4, so now you have to maintain a separate version for that.
- draven 12y ago
  Only C-something works, no? I'm also still trying M-b / M-f regularly (with either Option or Command for Meta, which has surprising consequences every single time.) C-t works though, and that's awesome to correct typos.
- baddox 12y ago
  Ah, so here's the trick. However I have my modifier keys set up for my external (non-Mac) keyboard means I can't really use them. I use my Caps Lock in Emacs for the C modifier, but in OS X my Alt key is the one that works in normal text inputs.
xenophonf 12y ago
> OS X supports Emacs key bindings It's a NextStep thing. You can find the complete list in /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict. You can customize them in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict. The Cocoa API documentation has the details (https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000468 https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/...). There's a graphical editor for the DefaultKeyBinding dictionary (http://www.cocoabits.com/KeyBindingsEditor/ http://www.cocoabits.com/KeyBindingsEditor/), but I've never used it.

by baddox 12y ago

I'm a long time Emacs user, but I certainly am not aware that OS X supports Emacs key bindings in every text box. My initial reaction is to not believe you, but I will certainly try it out tomorrow.

aerique 12y ago

It is actually pretty common knowledge that OSX has Emacs keybindings by default for text entry. (At least the basic text editing bindings, don't expect a full Emacs implementation and "M-x tetris".)

escherize 12y ago

C-a, C-e, C-n, C-p all work. EDIT: C-f, C-b work as well. Are there any others? Actually, I can tell you for a fact, I've hit M-b (∫) many times and been disappointed by it. I get why, but I'm still disappointed.

jakobegger 12y ago
My favorite one is C-t (transpose)
jakobegger 12y ago
And of course there's kill C-k and yank C-y
- lloeki 12y ago
  But sadly, no C-w.
  - fatboy 12y ago
    I've never used emacs - Is that 'select word'? I have that system-wide by putting "^w" = (selectWord:); into '~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict'. There's a load of information online about the customisation that can be put in this file. Here's a comment of mine with some links in it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6718604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6718604 Annoyingly, Xcode stopped paying attention to this file at some point around version 4, so now you have to maintain a separate version for that.
draven 12y ago
Only C-something works, no? I'm also still trying M-b / M-f regularly (with either Option or Command for Meta, which has surprising consequences every single time.) C-t works though, and that's awesome to correct typos.
baddox 12y ago
Ah, so here's the trick. However I have my modifier keys set up for my external (non-Mac) keyboard means I can't really use them. I use my Caps Lock in Emacs for the C modifier, but in OS X my Alt key is the one that works in normal text inputs.

xenophonf 12y ago

> OS X supports Emacs key bindings It's a NextStep thing. You can find the complete list in /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict. You can customize them in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict. The Cocoa API documentation has the details (https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000468 https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/...). There's a graphical editor for the DefaultKeyBinding dictionary (http://www.cocoabits.com/KeyBindingsEditor/ http://www.cocoabits.com/KeyBindingsEditor/), but I've never used it.