keyboard - On a Mac OS X, Ctrl-Backspace generates ascii code 8 (backspace), which is almost invisible but very annoying
When I press Ctrl-Backspace, Mathematica inserts what looks either like a tiny white space or sometimes is invisible. Actually, though, it is an ascii character code 8, also enterable in Mathematica as \.08
. The presence of this character completely messes up code and is very difficult to diagnose (for example, \.08a
is different from a
, but they look identical).
I can't imagine the purpose of this behavior but I desperately want to get rid of it. Ideally, Ctrl-Backspace would delete the previous word, like in a sensible application. I would be completely content, though, with disabling all behavior when I press Ctrl-Backspace.
I have tried looking in KeyEventTranslations.tr but I didn't find the origin of this behavior.
Note that I am using Mac OS X 10.9.3 and Mathematica 9.0.1.0 on a MacBook 2012.
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