Mac OS X: How to change word separator characters?

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Published on 2010-03-28T12:06:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 12:13 UTC
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Depending on your system, the word separator characters change the way you can select/delete a word (e.g. by double clicking on it or using a key combination with your keyboard).

The fact is that I hate the default behavior of OSX.

For example:

Take the following line of code: obj.attr1.innerAttr.

If my cursor is at the end of the line and I press alt + backspace, it will delete everything and not just innerAttr.

I only found some apps (like iTerm) which let you change the word separator characters.

Is there a way to change it for the whole system?

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Mac OS X: How to change word separator characters?

Posted by avetis.kazarian on Super User See other posts from Super User or by avetis.kazarian
Published on 2010-03-28T12:06:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 13:23 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 313

Filed under:

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Depending on your system, the word separator characters change the way you can select/delete a word (e.g. by double clicking on it or using a key combination with your keyboard).

The fact is that I hate the default behavior of OSX.

For example:

Take the following line of code: obj.attr1.innerAttr.

If my cursor is at the end of the line and I press alt + backspace, it will delete everything and not just innerAttr.

I only found some apps (like iTerm) which let you change the word separator characters.

Is there a way to change it for the whole system?

© Super User or respective owner

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