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cyrano wrote: But in this case, ctrl (which is available) gets mapped to command. That's confusing and seems like a silly choice,...

No, it isn't. On a Mac Ctrl+Left-Click must always be available as a replacement for Right-Click in order to to support one-key-mice and one-key-trackpads. In consequence, Ctrl is never available as a modifier for mouseclicks.

I'm perfectly happy with using Cmd; all I was criticizing was the documentation. Using Cmd-c/v/x in place of Ctrl-c/v/x is equally standard on a Mac. OTOH, Ctrl-d is EOF, Ctrl-c will terminate a running program, and Ctrl-a/e (in many cases) moves the cursor to the beginnig/end of the current line. That's what I meant by saying that Ctrl ist "not generally" replaced with Cmd on the Mac.

Btw: Maybe the term "Cmd" should be used in the documentation rather than the clumsy "COMMAND". That's how the key is actually labelled. After all, you are writing "Ctrl" rather than "CONTROL".

DJDemon wrote:Btw: Maybe the term "Cmd" should be used in the documentation rather than the clumsy "COMMAND". That's how the key is actually labelled. After all, you are writing "Ctrl" rather than "CONTROL".

US Keyboards have the word "COMMAND" (the US is by far the biggest market for Mac computers). The abbreviated "Cmd" is found on European keyboards.

DJDemon wrote:

cyrano wrote: But in this case, ctrl (which is available) gets mapped to command. That's confusing and seems like a silly choice,...

No, it isn't. On a Mac Ctrl+Left-Click must always be available as a replacement for Right-Click in order to to support one-key-mice and one-key-trackpads. In consequence, Ctrl is never available as a modifier for mouseclicks.

Well I'l be... You're right. Even in Terminal, it gets reserved.

I'm perfectly happy with using Cmd; all I was criticizing was the documentation.

Sorry, didn't grok that.

Using Cmd-c/v/x in place of Ctrl-c/v/x is equally standard on a Mac. OTOH, Ctrl-d is EOF, Ctrl-c will terminate a running program, and Ctrl-a/e (in many cases) moves the cursor to the beginnig/end of the current line. That's what I meant by saying that Ctrl ist "not generally" replaced with Cmd on the Mac.

And that's why I jumped to the Terminal, which is where I use the ctrl-keys all the time. Just not ctrl-click, 'till now.

Btw: Maybe the term "Cmd" should be used in the documentation rather than the clumsy "COMMAND". That's how the key is actually labelled. After all, you are writing "Ctrl" rather than "CONTROL".

Yep "CONTROL" seems outdated.

cyrano wrote:Yep "CONTROL" seems outdated.

Tell Apple. The majority of their keyboard say "CONTROL". (the two biggest markets are the US and Japan, both of which use the full word in upper case).

I was thinking about how it is usually written, in manuals, help files and the net...

And of course I was blissfully unaware about US keyboards. Maybe that way is easier for beginners

cyrano wrote:Yep "CONTROL" seems outdated.

FWIW, I agree with you