Hi.
Anyone help me with this one? I do my stuff pretty much all on a Mac these days and I am an old emacs / command-line guy. I find I really really miss being able to type ctrl-a (beginning of line) and ctrl-e (end of line) in PB and have it work, just like it does in this web edit box.
Is there any way I can get the PB editor can map these keys?
Thanks .. mark.
Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
Re: Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
Press the Home key to go to the beginning of a line, and End to go to the end.mark5009 wrote:miss being able to type ctrl-a (beginning of line) and ctrl-e (end of line) in PB
Re: Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
Nice try, dude, but (a) 2nd gen apple keyboards, like the one on my MacBookPro, don't have either Home or End, and (b) even if they did, it just isn't the same having to lift your fingers from the keyboard to do something that is normally just there.Dude wrote: Press the Home key to go to the beginning of a line, and End to go to the end.
Any other thoughts on how to do this mapping?
.. mark.
Re: Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
mark5009 wrote:...I really really miss being able to type ctrl-a (beginning of line) and ctrl-e (end of line) in PB...
Command + Left-Arrow = beginning of linemark5009 wrote:...my MacBookPro, don't have either Home or End...
Command + Right-Arrow = end of line
And the MacBook Pro keyboard isn't really that big; it's all just there.
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Re: Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
Sorry mark, I wasn't aware of that. Wouldn't Macs have a way to remap the keyboard globally anyway? For example, this app looks like it might suit your needs:mark5009 wrote:2nd gen apple keyboards, like the one on my MacBookPro, don't have either Home or End
http://www.cocoabits.com/KeyBindingsEdi ... index.html
It even says that it supports Emacs meta binding-style multi-keystroke bindings.
Re: Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
Doh! Many thanks, dude. I got stuck in the "it's the editor's responsibility" thought and you are exactly right. A quick search and I foundDude wrote:Wouldn't Macs have a way to remap the keyboard globally anyway?
https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/index.html.en
It does the trick, is free, can pretty much map anything for everyone, and fixes the "problem" globally. Sweet!
Many thanks .. mark.
Re: Keyboard mapping --- ctrl-a/e
Thanks, TI-994A, though I did find a solution that will work for me with ctrl-a/e (see other post).TI-994A wrote:And the MacBook Pro keyboard isn't really that big; it's all just there.
.. mark.