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From: Dorian Gray on 24 Jan 2010 12:36 In article <1jctwl0.1i7c2zkskwjr9N%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > > > Is there a keystroke for "go to end of line"? > > > > Isnt' it command Right arrow? > > Yes. End also works is some applications (like Word). That is fn with right arrow.
From: Pd on 24 Jan 2010 13:12 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-24 15:00:01 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > > Is there a keystroke for "go to end of line"? > > Isnt' it command Right arrow? It is! O frabjous day! Thanks James. -- Pd
From: Chris Ridd on 24 Jan 2010 13:41 On 2010-01-24 15:00:01 +0000, Pd said: > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > >> In article <23vjl51g0bs4r2uorg89dcnvrbk21edp7e(a)4ax.com>, >> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >>> Two-hand? Ew! >>> >>> I used to have to use DoubleCommand on my powerbook, to change the >>> enter key into a spare fn so as to be able to one-hand the >>> pageup/pagedown/home/end, which were fn-arrowkey. >> >> That is a nice way to make it one-handed, if that is what you want. >> However I would find page-upping and page-downing in that way clumsy, >> hand-cramping and impossible to make precisely controlled multiple quick >> keystrokes up/down. > > Is there a keystroke for "go to end of line"? The default keybindings for the Cocoa text system are a bit like emacs's. So Ctrl-A goes to the start of a line, Ctrl-E goes to the end. There's a way to change the default keybindings for the Cocoa text system, but it is a bit complicated. And you've already got the perfect set, ie emacs's, so why bother? :-)) -- Chris
From: James Jolley on 24 Jan 2010 13:44 On 2010-01-24 18:12:35 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-24 15:00:01 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > >>> Is there a keystroke for "go to end of line"? >> >> Isnt' it command Right arrow? > > It is! O frabjous day! Thanks James. Glad it works fine. Command LEft moves to the start, Command Up moves to the top of the page.
From: J. J. Lodder on 24 Jan 2010 17:25
James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-24 15:00:01 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > > > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > > > >> In article <23vjl51g0bs4r2uorg89dcnvrbk21edp7e(a)4ax.com>, > >> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > >>> Two-hand? Ew! > >>> > >>> I used to have to use DoubleCommand on my powerbook, to change the > >>> enter key into a spare fn so as to be able to one-hand the > >>> pageup/pagedown/home/end, which were fn-arrowkey. > >> > >> That is a nice way to make it one-handed, if that is what you want. > >> However I would find page-upping and page-downing in that way clumsy, > >> hand-cramping and impossible to make precisely controlled multiple quick > >> keystrokes up/down. > > > > Is there a keystroke for "go to end of line"? > > Isnt' it command Right arrow? Yes, and idem with selection, if you hold down Shift too, Jan |