[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I closed #17060 as a duplicate of this. Roger Serwy there said "The .home_callback() in Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py contains the logic from #3851 for placing the cursor at the beginning of the prompt, but it requires that a key combination be bound to the

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

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[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

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[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Raymond: good to hear that using fn+F5 is not a problem for new users -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18444 ___

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: IIRC the key bindings that are currently used on OSX basicly are partially based on the key bindings on classic macos, and partially on using the CMD key instead of the ALT key. It would be nice to have a clean set of key bindings for OSX that's based on

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Ned Deily added the comment: I think that those two requirements, i.e. (1) a set of key bindings compatible with standard Cocoa text key bindings and (2) a set of key bindings kept in sync across all IDLE platforms, would be desirable but probably unattainable. A good next step would be for

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: BTW. I don't think it using function keys for key bindings is necessarily a good idea on OSX. I'm pretty sure that the default keyboard settings on OSX require two key presses to use a function key on OSX laptops On Mac laptops, there is separate fn key

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Ned Deily added the comment: The reason for the observed behavior is that the built-in IDLE Classic OSX keyset, which is the default for OS X framework installs, has a different keybinding for beginning-of-line. See Lib/idlelib/config-key.def [IDLE Classic OSX] ... beginning-of-line =

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Ned Deily added the comment: er, Lib/idlelib/config-keys.def -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18444 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

Todd Rovito added the comment: Ned, Thanks for such a thorough comment this saved me lots of time now I don't have to dig so deeply into the problem. After spending some time trying to understand how this all works or doesn't across the various Tk's, I am coming to the conclusion that we

[issue18444] IDLE: Mac OS X pressing ctrl-A in Python shell moved cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive.

New submission from Todd Rovito: covers point 1.1) Pressing the Home key moves the cursor before the prompt, which then makes the keyboard unresponsive. This issues was fixed on Windows XP and Linux here http://bugs.python.org/issue3851 On Mac OS X the home key is control-A or function