Good morning Stu,
control+option+D indeed works as a 'forward delete' for an iMac with Snow Leopard and aluminum keyboard...
Thank you - I hope I can return the favor someday...
Ciao
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu" <stu@rubyprogrammer.net>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Forward delete with irb on a iMac Snow Leopeard machine...
first hit on google:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20050525040921189
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Patrick Lynch <kmandpjlynch@verizon.net> > wrote:
Good morning,
I'm a newbie to this site and I'm not sure if this is the way to start a new
thread...if I'm doing something wrong, please let me know...I'm also a newbie to the iMac Snow Leopard machine...
I have the 'aluminum' keyboard and it does not have a 'forward delete'
button...
It does have the 'backward delete' button...
I've been able to solve the not having a 'forward delete' button by using
'fn' + '[backward] delete' in all other places but not within irb...
In irb, when I press 'fn'+'delete' I get the 'squigly' character '~'...
...for example, if I'm in irb and want to delete the '2' in the string
"123", using 'fn'+'delete', I get "1~23"....
No big deal, but it is driving me nuts...I'd appreciate any help...Good day