Emacs Keybindings in OS X

I think I’ve mentioned this before but a recent post by Anton Nikishaev reminded me that this is useful information if you fall into the intersection of Emacs and OS X users. OS X has a very configurable keybinding facility that allows you to easily set keybindings that suit your workflow.

If you’re an Emacs user, you might want to use the same keybindings in the rest of the OS X applications. To do this, download this file and install it as ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict and experience the joy of Emacs keybindings everywhere. The file is a text file and easily editable if you have your own notion of what the proper Emacs keybindings are.

I’ve had this installed for a long time and wouldn’t want to live without it. With it, I don’t have to learn a bunch of new bindings for each application. It’s Emacs all the way down.

Update: fixed link to the configuration file.

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