Mac OS X Keyboard Tips
Special Sybmols/Characters
Hash or Pound Sign (#)
option-3 produces a British Pound sign on a US keyboard and the hash or pound symbol on a UK keyboard.
Input Menu
There is an Input Menu that can be turned on in System Preferences->International.
Select the Input Menu tab and turn on the Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer. Enable the "Show input menu in menu bar" checkbox.
Click the flag that is now displayed in the menu bar and select "Show Keybaord Viewer". Now when you hold down the shift or option keys, you can see which keys are mapped to which characters.
Choosing to view "Roman" characters, "by Category" and selecting the "Accented Latin" characters will display the common european accented characters.
GUI
Emulate Three Button Mouse
In the Apple X11 application's preferences, make sure that the "Emulate three button mouse" option is selected.
Middle mouse button - Option key
Right mouse button - Command key
Copying and Pasting Between X11 and Mac OS X
Generally, between X11 applications, select text using mouse to copy and use middle-click to paste.
To copy from X11 application to a Mac OS X application, after selecting text with the mouse, press Command-c to copy into the Mac OS X buffer.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Safari
Search Help for "safari keyboard shortcuts" for a list.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Next Window | Command-back-tick |
| Previous Window | Command-~ |
Resources
-- Frank Dean - 30 Jan 2010