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Make Home and End keys behave as expected on macOS
mkdir -p $HOME/Library/KeyBindings
echo '{
/* Remap Home / End keys to be correct */
/* Credit: radamo59 */
/* https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251108215?login=true&sortBy=rank */
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:"; /* Home */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:"; /* End */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Home */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + End */
"^\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocument:"; /* Ctrl + Home */
"^\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocument:"; /* Ctrl + End */
"$^\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Ctrl + Home */
"$^\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Ctrl + End */
}' > $HOME/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
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Run in terminal on new macOS installs to make Home/End behave as folks accustomed to Windows keybindings expect.

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