[Metalab] Apple Keyboard

[Amir Hassan]

dont they support readline editing commands (e.g. ctrl-a -> beginning of
line)?
see section "editing commands" ->
http://manpages.unixforum.co.uk/man-pages/unix/freebsd-6.2/3/readline-man-page.html


On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:28:12 +0100, Metalab General Discussion List
<metalab at lists.metalab.at> wrote:

>> Isn't the problem that your expectation is wrong and the apps are
>> really doing exactly what you _should_ expect on a Mac (I'm presuming
>> you're using OS X), i.e. the issue hasn't got anything to do with the
>> keyboard itself anyways?
>
>
> Yes, this is the case .. the Apple keyboard produces keycodes just
> like a normal PC keyboard - its the apps which interpret what to do
> with the results.
>
> I use an Apple keyboard (big white one) at work with my Linux machine
> - apart from needing to set up US/Austrian keymaps (I occasionally
> have a need for a bit of üöä), it functions like any other keyboard on
> a Linux PC ..
>
> To get to beginning-of-line instead of top-of-document, I think you
> use control-Home or shift-Home in most OSX Apps ..
>
> ;
> --
> Jay Vaughan
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>> Isn't the problem that your expectation is wrong and the apps are >  
>> really
> doing exactly what you _should_ expect on a Mac (I'm presuming > you're  
> using OS
> X), i.e. the issue hasn't got anything to do with the > keyboard itself  
> anyways?
> Yes, this is the case .. the Apple keyboard produces keycodes just like  
> a normal
> PC keyboard - its the apps which interpret what to do with the results.  
> I use an
> Apple keyboard (big white one) at work with my Linux machine - apart from
> needing to set up US/Austrian keymaps (I occasionally have a need for a  
> bit of
> üöä), it functions like any other keyboard on a Linux PC .. To get to  
> beginning-of-line
> instead of top-of-document, I think you use control-Home or shift-Home  
> in most
> OSX Apps .. ; -- Jay Vaughan  
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