[muglo] Re: Survey - what do home/end do on your particular Mac

Eric

I am using 10.3.1 and the home/end keys move the cursor to the  
beginning/end of the text.

Paul

On Jan 22, 2006, at 1:18 AM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> Hi all, now I'm curious to know what home and end do on your
> particular version of Mac OS (X).
>
> On Mac OS X 10.4.4 home and end are basically non-functional in text
> editing situations.
>
> I expect them to take the cursor to the beginning or end of the  
> _current_ l=
> ine.
>
> What do these keys do in OS 9, 10.3, 10.2, etc?
>
> PS if you want to, you can apparently map the home/end keys in OS X
> quite easily...
>
> If you're using Mac OS X, you could try changing it as suggested at:
>
> http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch%20To%20The%20Mac
> or
> http://www.aaronadams.net/index.php/2005/03/01/ 
> change_the_behavior_of_the_h=
> ome_and_end_
>
> To change the Mac's home and end keys to behave like Windows, create
> a text file named /Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict (if the
> folder doesn't exist, go ahead and create it) and add these lines:
>
> /*Home/End keys like Windows */
> {
> "\UF729" =3D "moveToBeginningOfLine:"; /*home*/
> "\UF72B" =3D "moveToEndOfLine:"; /*end*/
> "$\UF729" =3D "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /*shift +  
> home*/
> "$\UF72B" =3D "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /*shift + end*/
> }
>
> Logout and login, and the home and end keys will work like Windows.
>
> PS You can create the file in ~/Library/KeyBindings and it'll work too
> (that way changes you make to the file will only be felt in the user
> account, rather than the whole OS).
>
> Eric.
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