Change how Home and End Keys behave in Mac OS X

…the right way, instead of the stupid default way. In short:

Workaround for general apps/text editor, including TextMate

Use this app: http://www.starryhope.com/tech/apple/2006/keyfixer/
Or make it your way:

1. Create ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
2. Inside
   DefaultKeyBinding.dict

   write

   {
   /* home */
   “\\UF729″ = “moveToBeginningOfLine:”;
   “$\\UF729″ = “moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:”;

   /* end */
   “\\UF72B” = “moveToEndOfLine:”;
   “$\\UF72B” = “moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:”;

   /* page up/down */
   “\\UF72C” = “pageUp:”;
   “\\UF72D” = “pageDown:”;
   }

3. Restart your favorite apps

More info: http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/mac-os-x-home-and-end-keys/

Firefox

Use this add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/keyfixer/

Terminal

1. Go to Terminal > Preferences > Settings > Keyboard
2. Double click on Home key. Choose action: "send string to shell". Input: Escape, O, H so that you got 33OH in the textbox.
3. Do the same for End key with 33OF

If it doesn’t help, try another key-binding: http://fplanque.com/dev/mac/mac-osx-terminal-page-up-down-home-end-of-line

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