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    +1 for the correct ⌃ rather than the easy-but-incorrect ^ :-)
    – Arjan
    Commented Jan 9, 2010 at 19:05
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    Note that ⌃A and ⌃E can be used in most Cocoa text controls along with many other Emacs-like bindings (⌃F: →, ⌃B: ←, ⌃N: ↓, ⌃P: ↑, ⌃T: transpose (swap) characters). Also, for long lines that are “soft wrapped”, ⌃A and ⌃E work on the whole line while ⌘← and ⌘→ work on the current portion of the display-wrapped line. Commented Jan 9, 2010 at 19:10
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    Haha, well I guess this wasn't what the OP was looking for (which makes sense now, in retrospect). Hopefully someone can make use of this info.
    – fideli
    Commented Jan 10, 2010 at 1:29
  • Despite it not being what the Questioner was after it is very likely to be very useful for people searching on this topic. Few people seem to be aware of both the "emacs-like" binds and the historical mac bindings. It's not quite vi but it's under-appreciated.
    – Lake
    Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 19:42
  • Best incorrect answer I've seen in a long time. Have an ▲.
    – Dave Land
    Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 21:43