Quick tip for developers who use OS X • Hacker News Board

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by panzi » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

mikeroher wrote: post #6

Two more tips: * Ctrl-a to go to beginning of line * Ctrl-e to go to end of line

Because crappy Macs have no Home/End keys (or they don't work as such).

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by netghost » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

zampano wrote: post #20

mikeroher wrote: post #6

Two more tips: * Ctrl-a to go to beginning of line * Ctrl-e to go to end of line

A couple more: * ⌘ + ` (tilde key) to switch between different windows of your current application * ⌘ + l (lowercase L) in most web browsers to highlight the address bar

I'm always telling people about ⌘ + `, it makes navigating windows on OSX so easy.

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by lobster_johnson » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

Or you could set up your .inputrc to make arrow keys (eg., ctrl+arrow to jump between words) work properly. It also helps to learn the other Readline shortcuts (ctrl-A for home, etc.).

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by Fishkins » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

65a wrote: post #19

mikeroher wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Vim and was unaware that this shortcut existed. Are there any other Emacs shortcuts which are useful in OSX?

Ctrl-K kill to end of line, so Ctrl-A Ctrl-K will clear a given field

And you can Ctrl-Y to paste the line you killed. This is a separate copy/paste buffer from the normal Cmd-C one, which can be nice.

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by verandaguy » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

ancarda wrote: post #72

Nobody seems to have posted this yet: python -m SimpleHTTPServer I'd recommend an alias like "serve". It basically puts the current directory online (binds to 0.0.0.0:8000).

Am I wrong to have long dismissed this as little more than an easter egg, or, at best, a toy server to test basic webpage functionality?

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by drpre » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

purephase wrote: post #55

I have tried to use Terminal, but I just can't. The ability to highlight and automatically have the text in clipboard is such a crucial feature in my workflow that not having it even as an option is a deal breaker. Once I started with iTerm and built a config/flow around it, I can't go back. Thanks for the tip though! I didn't realize this worked in Terminal too. I'll keep it in mind the next time I'm forced to use i…

Command-shift-v pastes the current selection into Terminal (and anywhere else in OSX).

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by SmileyKeith » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

I would lose years if I used the mouse in the terminal..

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by manojlds » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

_djo_ wrote: post #4

Works in iTerm too.

Nope, this doesn't work in iTerm.

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by radio4fan » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #76

andr wrote: post #50

mdfind to get Spotlight results in shell. Also, iTerm is a great Terminal replacement, if you haven't tried it.

iTerm does not support OP's tip though.

Does for me.

iTerm 2.0 Build 1.0.0.20140112 (latest version)

Re: Quick tip for developers who use OS X

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Post by MaxGabriel » Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

emehrkay wrote: post #60

drag + drop files to terminal to get its location. I often do "cd " + dragon drop folder to get to that folder in terminal

There's a free app called Go2Shell that adds a button to finder to open the current directory in Terminal/iTerm. Also works great in conjunction with "open ."