DefaultKeyBinding.dict

Default keybindings fix for Mac OS X

Features

Adds multiple sign shortkey:
- control - shift - 8 = ×
Adds deographic space shortkey:
- control - shift - space =
Modifies curly quotes shortkeys:
- control - [ = “
- control - ] = ”
- control - { = ‘
- control - } = ’
Adds Chinese quotation marks shortkeys:
- option - [ = 「
- option - ] = 」
- option - { = 『
- option - } = 』

Installation

Don’t symlink this file to Keybindings folder, it doens’t work.

Method #1

$ git clone git://github.com/sparanoid/DefaultKeyBinding.dict.git ~/my-git-repos/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
$ cp ~/my-git-repos/DefaultKeyBinding.dict/DefaultKeyBinding.dict ~/Library/Keybindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict

Method #2

Download it and put DefaultKeyBinding file in:

~/Library/KeyBindings/

Syntax

"[keycombination]" = ("insertText:", "\[unicodenumber or actual character]");

Prefix   Meaning
~        ⌥ option key
$        ⇧ shift key
^        ^ control key
@        ⌘ command key
#        Keys on number pad

More information about keybinding syntax: http://xahlee.info/kbd/osx_keybinding_key_syntax.html

Not familiar with coding or need more complex keybinding modifications? Try this: http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele

Known Issues

Ideographic space fix doens’t work when Google Chrome is running. (Tested on Mac OS X 10.8.3)

Author

Tunghsiao Liu