My Defaultkeybinding.dict For Mac

so im very used to emacs keybindings. i use it for emacs and conkeror so often times i hit M-w etc and these keys don’t work in mac os x. Download el capitan installer app. this sucks. i googled it, and found this and this. guess u can have emacs keybindings in mac os x…for programs that use the cocoa appkit. too bad this doesn’t work when i edit in neooffice or ms office.

Mac: Key Remapping, Keybinding Tools. Best is to get a programable keyboard. See Programable Keyboards with Onboard Memory. See: Problems of Mac OS X's Keybinding Scheme DefaultKeyBinding.dict. Text System Defaults and Key Bindings By Apple. It is possible to create a special file, /Library - KeyBindings - DefaultKeyBinding.dict, which can modify the keyboard shortcuts in every Cocoa text field (which means most text fields in programs on OS X, though not Microsoft Word, or Firefox, or Adobe programs). This is a property list file which lists the actions to be performed with. Remarkably emacs-like editing environment with my DefaultKeyBinding.dict, complete with ^X key combos, etc. If you're not familiar with how to use this file please check out Apple's page on Text System Defaults and Key Bindings, basically you just need to save it in /Library/KeyBindings/.

my ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeybinding.dict looks like:

/* http://www.gnufoo.org/macosx/ //~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict //The original bindings are from Mike Ferris of lorax.com as shipped Bluestacks for macos catalina. * with his TextExtras package. They were further modified by Mishka Gorodnitzky * (misaka@pobox.com), Patrick Linskey, and Llew Mason./{ “~f” = “moveWordForward:”; /M-f /“~b” = “moveWordBackward:”; /M-b /“~<“ = “moveToBeginningOfDocument:”; /M-< /“~>” = “moveToEndOfDocument:”; /M-> /“~v” = “pageUp:”; /M-v /“^v” = “pageDown:”; /C-v /“~d” = “deleteWordForward:”; /M-d /“~^h” = “deleteWordBackward:”; /M-C-h /“~010″ = “deleteWordBackward:”; /M-backspace /“~177″ = “deleteWordBackward:”; /M-delete /“~UF728″ = “deleteWordForward:”; /delete /“UF729″ = “moveToBeginningOfDocument:”; /home /“UF72B” = “moveToEndOfDocument:”; /end /“@UF729″ = “moveToBeginningOfParagraph:”; /A-home /“@UF72B” = “moveToEndOfParagraph:”; /A-end /“@UF700″ = “moveToBeginningOfDocument:”; /A-up /“@UF701″ = “moveToEndOfDocument:”; /A-down /“^UF700″ = “pageUp:”; /C-up /“^UF701″ = “pageDown:”; /C-down /“UF72C” = “pageUp:”; /page-up /“UF72D” = “pageDown:”; /page-down /“^/” = “undo:”; /C-/ /“~c” = “capitalizeWord:”; /M-c /“~u” = “uppercaseWord:”; /M-u /“~l” = “lowercaseWord:”; /M-l /“^t” = “transpose:”; /C-t /“~t” = “transposeWords:”; /M-t /“~/” = “complete:”; /M-/ /“^g” = “_cancelKey:”; /C-g /“^a” = “moveToBeginningOfLine:”; /C-a /“^e” = “moveToEndOfLine:”; /C-e */“~w” = “copy:”;“^w” = “cut:”;“^y” = “paste:”;}

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

MacOS has a system-wide mechanism to let you define or modify the shortcut keys for text editing operations.

It lets you create keys to:

My Defaultkeybinding.dict For Mac
  • Insert math symbols, emoji, or any template text.
  • Move cursor by word, page up/down.
  • Copy, cut, paste, undo, redo.
  • select word, line, paragraph, select all.
  • upcase word, lowercase word.
  • new, open, save, etc.
  • and more.
Defaultkeybinding.dict

Key Config File

Create a file at

~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict

Create the “KeyBindings” folder if you don't already have it.

Copy and past the following:

Note: if you use Unicode Characters directly in the file such as♥, you must save the file using UTF-8 encoding.

Launch or restart TextEdit or other app to start to use your changes.

The syntax in general is this:

  • keycode is a string that represents key press.
  • actionCode represents what to do.

Keycode Syntax

Action Code

Unicode Reference

If you want to create lots keys to insert math symbols or emoji, see

Sample File

Example of defining the {Home, End} keys to move to the beginning/end of line.

Mac os el capitan 10.11 6 download. Here's example file for inserting Unicode characters with the ⌥option key.

Here's a example ofErgoEmacs Keybinding, one for QWERTY layout and one forDvorak Keyboard Layout:

You can look at Xcode's keybinding file at/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/PBKeyBinding.dict.You can view it here: osx_keybinding_xcode.dict.txt.

Emacs Keybinding

Mac OS X by default support emacs keybindings. They are:

  • Ctrl+f → move forward
  • Ctrl+b → move backward
  • Ctrl+n → move down a line
  • Ctrl+p → move up a line
  • Ctrl+a → beginning of line
  • Ctrl+e → end of line
  • Ctrl+k → delete current position to end of line
  • Ctrl+y → paste

You can add more of emacs's

  • Ctrl+space → set mark
  • Ctrl+w → cut
  • Ctrl+xCtrl+x → Swap cursor position to last mark

However, i don't recommend it. Emacs's keys is very inefficient and ergonomically painful.See: Why Emacs's Keyboard Shortcuts are Painful.If you like a efficient keybinding for text editing, try:Emacs: Xah Fly Keys.

Problems

Something this cannot do. For example:

  • It cannot remap keys.
  • It can't set a key such as F8 to type other keys such as ⌘command+c.
  • It can't set a key to launch a app or script.

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There are many solutions to these. See:Mac: Key Remapping, Keybinding Tools

Best is to get a programable keyboard. See:Programable Keyboards with Onboard Memory

KeyFixer - Fix Your OS X Home And End Keys

See also:Problems of Mac OS X DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

My Defaultkeybinding.dict For Mac Os

Reference

My Defaultkeybinding.dict For Macbook Air

  • Text System Defaults and Key Bindings By Apple. At https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html
  • Technical Note TN2056: Installable Keyboard Layouts At https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2056/_index.html

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