Custom cocoa key bindings

DefaultKeyBinding.dict

/* save this file to ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict */

/*
Prefixes for modifier keys...
------------------------------
    ~       Option key (⌥)
    $       Shift key (⇧)
    ^       Control key (⌃)
    @       Command key (⌘)
    #       keys on number pad
*/

{
    /* home moves to the end of the line rather than the beginning of the document */
    "\UF729"  = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";
    "$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:";

    /* end moves to the end of the line rather than the end of the document */
    "\UF72B"  = "moveToEndOfLine:";
    "$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";

    /* page up and page down actually page up and down rather than scroll up and down */
    "\UF72C"  = "pageUp:";
    "\UF72D"  = "pageDown:";

    /* shortcut to hash uses § symbol key */
    "§" = ("insertText:", "#");
    "~§" = ("insertText:", "§");

    /* F13 duplicates backspace because I keep hitting it by accident */
    "\UF710" = "deleteBackward:";

}