I like to type fast. I'm a chronic delete-keyer. I will type first, re-think the output later and hit delete. It seems I'm addicted to always doing something fast.
Anyways, I have to tap the delete button very often. Is there a way to do a backspace to word boundary that's native?
In a chat box, I can use alt+shift+left to get a word, cmd shift left to get the whole line, etc. but I can't do that in a python shell for example.
Any ideas?
Best Answer
⌥⌫ (option-delete) deletes a word backward and ⌥⌦ (option-forward delete) a word forward in most text views.
M-delete
deletes a word backward andM-d
a word forward by default in readline. You can duplicate the OS X shortcuts by using option as a meta key and assinging ⌥⌦ to\033d
.You can also define new shortcuts by creating
~/Library/KeyBindings/
and saving a property list like this asDefaultKeyBinding.dict
.