KeyBindings

>funky command key instead of using control key like any sane OS That "funky" command key makes it so you can copy paste into/out of a terminal with the same keyboard combo you use everywhere else. Ctrl being used to send signals to the terminal and also all over the place for different thingsin the GUI stinks. Home and End are mapped to C-a and C-e literally everywhere in Cocoa. Same as in the terminal. Methinks you're just annoyed because it's different than what you're used to. There's nothing wrong with that, but arguing about subjective preferences as if they are objective facts is silly. There's nothing wrong with the Mac's keyboard shortcuts out of the box, and they can all be customized with a NeXTSTEP style plist placed at ~/Library/Keybindings/DefaultKeybindings.dict (There's a default set inside of the AppKit framework bundle's

Most of those emacs shortcuts work in Cocoa text fields, including TextEdit, your location bar, file dialogs, etc... Some, like ^W, are missing though, but, likewise to .inputrc, they can be added back via: ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict Some people went overboard[0] with it, but hey, whatever floats your boat. At least it makes for some kind of example/demo/documentation for the thing. As an aside, personal opinion: the separation of Control and Command on macOS is the one thing I love as it makes for a very consistent interface whether I'm in a terminal or in an application. [0]: https://github.com/ttscoff/KeyBindings