Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs

Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs by AdamN on Friday October 09, 2026 @03:18AM (#50017167)

For those ctrl+a and ctrl+e are the way to go.

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Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs by kluc on Friday October 09, 2026 @04:19AM (#50017580)

Just a note - first time I see this and you just made my day, as Home/End behaviour on Mac was driving me crazy since I switched 7 YEARS AGO

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Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs by AdamN on Friday October 09, 2026 @04:29AM (#50017653)

Nice! Then you might really like ctrl+k. Go to the middle of the line and it will delete everything from the cursor to the end of the line.

Also Option and the right and left arrows to move from one word to the next. I don't really use this one much though

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Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs by 1718627440 on Friday October 09, 2026 @02:00PM (#50024361)

> Then you might really like ctrl+k. Go to the middle of the line and it will delete everything from the cursor to the end of the line.

Actually it stands for _K_ill (opposite of _Y_ank), so you can get it back later too. Not sure, if that is also the case on Mac.

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Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs by aldanor on Friday October 09, 2026 @05:18AM (#50018056)

And c-n / c-p - with those you barely ever need arrow keys

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