mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/dotfiles

Enable Ctrl+W and Ctrl+U in all Cocoa apps

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Description

Save the following as `~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict`:

```
{
"^w" = "deleteWordBackward:";
"^u" = "deleteToBeginningOfLine:";
}
```

https://twitter.com/allait/status/423516260312551424

More info:
- http://xahlee.info/kbd/osx_keybinding_key_syntax.html
- http://www.mit.edu/~kimo/blog/bindings.html

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Research direction

Start with the requested ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict path and review the linked macOS key-binding references. Done means the ^w and ^u bindings are represented in the project’s macOS configuration and apply to Cocoa applications.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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