Emacs Bindings For Word For Mac

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The popular Ctrl-v (paste), Ctrl-c (copy), Ctrl-z (undo) can be enabled by typing: M-x cua-mode or by inserting =(cua-mode) in Emacs configuration file. It also supports the Vim key bindings by installing the evil package (M-x package-install evil).

I use Readline bindings (also known as E-Macs binding) on a daily basis. Vgn nr240e drivers for mac free.

They are supported in all Cocoa applications. They’ve been there for ages and I’ve used them since day one. Even some non-cocoa applications support them, though not all. Recently that was Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac.After some researching, I’ve found out how to make keyboard shortcuts in MS Word, so I can use Word, just like I expect. Here’s how:

In MS Word 2011 for Mac go to:

  • Tools > Customize Keyboard
  • Select All Commands under Categories:
  • Select the command under Commands:.
  • Press the keyboard shortcut in the Press new keyboard shortcut box
  • Click the Assign button
Emacs Bindings For Word For Mac

The commands I use are:

  • Ctrl+eEndOfLine
  • Ctrl+aStartOfLine
  • Ctrl+pLineUp
  • Ctrl+nLineDown
  • Ctrl+bCharLeft
  • Ctrl+fCharRight
  • Ctrl+kDeleteToEndOfLine (as a macro)
  • Ctrl+kTransposeCharacters (as a macro)

Two of my favourite commands are missing as default commands:

  • DeleteToEndOfLine to delete the rest of the line and,
  • TransposeCharacters transposing two characters.

We have to implement them as macro’s, which follow the same steps as above (just replace Categories with Macro’s). Here are the macros: