Keyboard navigation

[cunnus88]

Thanks for your time, guys.

Judging by your (non-)responses, my conclusion is: you can't work with finder using the keyboards alone. The mac os was, is, and pretty much always will be something that you need a mouse for.

Back to emacs, dired, and the terminal for me, then.

As for some of my other questions, I guess no way around 'em either.

[WhyADuck]

Two articles about keyboard hacks that the OP may find useful:
http://www.crabappleforest.com/2008/...-hacks-part-1/
http://www.crabappleforest.com/2008/...-hacks-part-2/

And for what it's worth, I will just say that the differences in the Mac keyboard was one of the things that nearly drove me to tears when I first switched. When you have spent 20 years or more doing things a particular way, it's not easy to switch to a totally different method. Imagine what would happen if some automobile manufacturer came out with a car where you accelerated and braked using your hands, steered using your knees, and worked the transmission with your left foot - even if that were perfectly functional, people who have learned to drive using steering wheels and foot pedals for the brake and accelerator would hate it.

Linux is also different from Windows, but they didn't feel the need to reinvent the keyboard to the same degree that Apple did (though there are a few irritating differences there also). Thing is, this is a computer, and keys are defined in software, therefore it should be possible to make any key do anything, so why the insistence of some folks in trying to force people into working in ways that are totally different from anything they are used to? And why is it we have no problem trying to achieve compatibility on the big things (graphic image formats, document formats, etc.) but some people get into a snit when people want a relatively small thing like keyboard compatibility and familiarity?