Control D In Excel Mac For Example

I find that I go back and forth between ctrl-C and command-period.

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Control D In Excel Mac For Example

How do I send the break key in Mac For example in terminal, if I typed a long line but want to abort it, I used press Ctrl-C to cancel it in a different OS.

Or if there is a console application, I press Ctrl-C to force the application to close.

I checked websites which told me to use the following: command key C - doesnt work (I tried shift command key C, it also does not work) alt F3 (I pressed shift, option for alt and f3) - all my windows spread apart from each other option F3 - Expose Spaces configuration window appears Please help if you know the key.

Thanks.

I am expecting the line to be broken as if I pressed delete all the way back then return the return key.

Similarly, if I tried to tar a directory, then press command c keys as it performs the operation, nothing happens.

Thanks Edit: I checked the net for Mac keyboard layouts and found mine to be strange.

The disappointing thing is that Ive been using windblows for 30 years and linux for 20 and both of them have been using control-c (like CPM did) for good reason.

A significant number of Mac users have used Command-period, because that has always been the standard way to stop operations.

It does not work outside of terminals, just as it does not in Windows or Linux.

Id have to look it up, but I dont think an actual control key appeared until the ADB keyboards arrived.

I definitely have a control key on an Apple Extended Keyboard II (which is still in regular use, via an ADB-to-USB adapter).

The command to interrupt or abort the current operation was usually an Abort or Interrupt or Stop menu-item in a menu.

Since it was a menu-item, the convention of assigning it a command-key applied.

The conventional command-key was command-period (there was a contemporaneous Apple UI guideline that stated this).

I probably have a very early version of MPW on a CD, and its interrupt key is undoubtedly command-period.

I could probably dig up an early version of some BBSterminal program like MacTEP that also uses the command-period convention.

FWIW, BBS programs like MacTEP would often have an option to disable command-key menu-shortcuts, and let all command-keys (e.g.

C, cmd-X, etc.) be interpreted as ctrl-keys by the app.

In any case, now that Apple keyboards have a control key, you can continue using ctrl-C.

Control D In Excel For Mac