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I recently switched to the Unicode Hex Input to make typing technical symbols easier. It seems, though, that the way it uses the option key to detect unicode input overrules the ⌥+arrow method of navigating text.
Is there any way to use both Unicode Hex Input and this shortcut?
Some applications and text views just don't support DefaultKeyBinding.dict.
If you create a new keylayout with Ukelele, you can for example make ⌥A insert nothing instead of å. Or you can reassign key combinations that enter dead key states (like ⌥U on the U.S. layout) so that they can be in used in DefaultKeyBinding.dict.
~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ can't be selected in password dialogs or the login screen, but ones in /Library/Keyboard Layouts/ can.sudo touch /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/ and log out and back in.KeyRemap4MacBook can for example change ⌥B to ⌥← in all applications except iTerm and Emacs. See this question.
This is a comparison to mavericks (10.9.5) Preview
It looks like the only change is the back/forward keyboard shortcuts. Or maybe my Spanish is not up to the snuff.
I am not sure why would you try to make keyboard shortcuts that already exist.
But see this info: What do I type to produce the command symbol (⌘) in Mac OS X?
And this info: http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_computing_symbols.html
Best Answer
I've disabled the ⌘+⌥+space shortcut for Spotlight window (since I never used it anyway), but enabled the same shortcut to switch to the next input method. (You can configure this in the Keyboard preference pane.)
So whenever you need to use the ⌥ key to navigate, you can punch the three keys, do your navigating, punch them again, and be back in Unicode mode (if you only have two input sources; otherwise you'll cycle through them.)