Thanks Esther I really appreciate all the information you gave me. I'm not quite sure how I'll put this all together but if I come up with a document that has all this information I'll definitely let you see it. thanks a lot I appreciate the help you have given me!
On Mar 22, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello Mickey, > > Richard is indeed correct that the keyboard shortcuts you are > describing that work for iOS devices are a subset of the editing > shortcuts that work on the Mac in Cocoa apps (which include most of > the basic apps like Mail, TextEdit, etc.). Similarly, selecting text > by holding down the Shift key in combination with a movement command, > like your example of Control+Shift+Down Arrow, where Control+Down > Arrow moves you to the end of screen, is another Mac concept that > carries over to iOS keyboard usage. (Actually, I would probably use > Command+Shift+Down Arrow to the move to the end of a text document -- > there's a distinction between end of screen and end of a document.) > > Shortcuts like Control+K (which moves to either the end of a line or > the end of a paragraph depending on application and context -- on a > Mac, in TextEdit, this shortcut would move to the end of a paragraph) > are part of a larger group of shortcuts that are familiar to linux > users who used control line editing and/or the emacs text editor. > Those shortcuts, like Control+A to move to the beginning of a line and > Control+E to move to the end of a line, also work with iOS, and can > even be used to select text when applied in combination with pressing > the Shift key. However, I don't think I would ever use those > combinations, when the same movement actions can be achieved with > Command+Right arrow or Left arrow, and selection accomplished by also > pressing the Shift key, unless I were using a keyboard with no Command > key, or where the Command key were placed in a position where pressing > this combination would be difficult to do -- as in the case of the > Riitek mini-Bluetooth keyboard sold by Speedots and ATguys. > > These extra shortcuts were discussed on this list, but during the 3- > year period when list posts were not archived at the Mail Archive, so > it would be extremely hard to locate any posts that were not also cc'd > or sent to the macvisionaries list, which was archived. > > Here's a Mail Archive page link to a post from July 2010 on "Apple > Wireless Keyboard Shortcuts for the iPhone and iPod Touch in iOS 4" > that was saved at the macvisionaries list archives. It lists the > Control+K combination among a number of other emacs-like control > shortcut sequences. > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg26148.html > > That post also links to another, older post on "Moving and Selecting > in Cocoa Apps" that outlines how all these key combinations work on > the Mac (and incidentally in iOS by extension): > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg26148.html > > If you want a more recent Apple Knowledge Base article on "OS X > Keyboard Shortcuts" that describes some of the combinations you > mention, like Control+K, see this page: > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343 > Use item chooser menu to move to "Application and Other OS X > Shortcuts" and start reading from there. > > The biggest modification in going from Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts to > iOS keyboard shortcuts is that the "Fn" key at the bottom left corner > of the Apple Wireless Keyboard is not used for iOS. So actions like > Forward delete of characters (Fn+Delete) or words (Fn+Option+Delete) > don't work in iOS, nor do combinations like Fn+Up arrow (Page Up), Fn > +Down arrow (Page down), Fn+Left arrow (Home), Fn+Right arrow (End). > > In addition to editing shortcuts, the Mac has option key combinations > for typing accents, symbols and special characters. These are > language dependent, but some popular ones are Option+8 to type a > bullet, and Option+Shift+K to type an "Apple" symbol. Mickey, you're > on the Mac-Access list, so if you search the Mail Archives for that > list you'll find a lot of my posts about special characters, etc. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Mar 22, 8:50 am, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mickey, >> I think you will find some of these are Mac keyboard commands. >> I have not had time to really investigate this, but check the list of Mac >> VoiceOver and just Mac keyboard commands and see if some of these, or all of >> them, work on the devices. >> HTH, >> >> Richard >> (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) >> >> On Mar 22, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Mickey Quenzer <mickey.quen...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hello all: >> >>> I would like to make a complete list of the editing commands which you can >>> use while editing with a BlueTooth keyboard. >>> an example of a keyboard command which I found for myself is that Control >>> Plus Shift Plus Down Arrow selects the text from your cursor to the end of >>> the document. However, this command isn't described with Control Plus >>> Option K. >>> Does Anybody know where I can get such a command list? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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