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Authored by: benthinkin on Feb 20, '02 09:58:41AM

I've noticed you can use this trick in other programs -- to an extent. BBEdit, TextEdit, Internet Explorer and the AppleScript Script Editor all let you option-delete entire words. Anyone try any other programs?

However, this only works as a "backspace," not as a forward delete. In other words, the only application that lets you opt-delete words from the beginning of a line is the OS X Finder. Still, it's a handy trick to opt-delete for fast edits. Too bad it doesn't work in bash or tcsh!



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