[TxMt] weird glitch - apple & option/control keys not working as expected?

[Brian Landau]

Chris,

Yes it did change see the change log in the Release Notes under the Help menu:
[2006-09-09: REVISION 1244]
[CHANGED] The sub_word movement functions now also do CamelCase in
addition to underscore_words. The default key bindings for these
functions (move, select, and delete) have been changed to only use
control as modifier (previously control + option was required) --
ticket 11746E04.

But this is the standard behaviour for any Text/Code editor. Go ahead
and take a look at Apple's Xcode same behaviour.

Also Command+arrow has always been the standard way to move to the
beginning and ed of every line, and that still works as expected. Also
Option+arrow still works as expected allowing you to move word to
word. The only thing that changed is control+arrow and this is for the
best, as it is now standard with other editors, and give the user more
control over cursor movement than before.

Anyway, you'll get used to it fairly quickly don't worry!

-Brian
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On 12/5/06, Chris Sternal-Johnson <cj at ceejayoz.com> wrote:
> That's my point - the movement commands used to be the OSX standard,
> but now they've changed.  I'm aware of what the various combinations
> do, I'm asking why they changed all of a sudden, and how I can change
> them back to the way they used to work.  Control+Arrow used to move to
> the beginning or the end of the line, and still does in every other
> app on my system.
>
> I'd rather not have to un-learn the key combinations and learn the new
> ones, as I've gotten quite used to the way it used to work - it's more
> muscle memory than conscious action by now!
>
> Cheers,
> -- Chris Sternal-Johnson
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Charilaos Skiadas <skiadas at hanover.edu>
> To: TextMate users <textmate at lists.macromates.com>
> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:34:13 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TxMt] weird glitch - apple & option/control keys not
> working as expected?
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Chris Sternal-Johnson wrote:
>
> > Hey fellow Texmaters,
> >
> > I've run into a strange glitch - I must have done something to cause
> > it, but I can't for the life of me figure out what.
> >
> > I use the Apple & Option/Control keys to move around a lot, but
> > somehow they've become switched around, and only in Textmate.  All
> > other apps work right - Option+Arrow moves one word, Control+Arrow
> > moves to the beginning or end of the line - but in Textmate the Apple
> > key moves to the beginning or end of the line and the Option+Control
> > keys both move a single word at a time.
> >
> > Any idea why?
>
> command + left-right arrow: beginning-end of line
> option + left-right arrow: moving by word
> ctrl + left-right arrow: Subword movement
>
> Subword movement works by stopping at every capital letter within the
> word, as well as at underscores. Try it with:
>
> thisIsCool
>
> and with
>
> this_is_cool
>
> Haris
>
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