Type unicode arrows and other cool things #unicode #osx

DefaultKeyBinding.dict

/* Put this in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict */
/* Based on a file from @eventualbuddha */
{
	/* Modifier keys: start with C-m */
	"^m" = {
		"^ "    = ("insertText:", "\U2423");  /* C-space space */

		"^e"    = ("insertText:", "\U21A9");  /* C-e     return */
		"e"     = ("insertText:", "\U2305");  /* e       enter */

		"^t"    = ("insertText:", "\U21E5");  /* C-t     tab */
		"t"     = ("insertText:", "\U21E4");  /* t       backtab */

		"^d"    = ("insertText:", "\U232B");  /* C-d     delete */
		"d"     = ("insertText:", "\U2326");  /* d       forward delete */

		"^a"    = ("insertText:", "\U2318");  /* C-a     command (apple) */
		"^o"    = ("insertText:", "\U2325");  /* C-o     option */
		"^c"    = ("insertText:", "\U2303");  /* C-c     control */
		"^s"    = ("insertText:", "\U21E7");  /* C-s     shift */
		"s"     = ("insertText:", "\U21EA");  /* s       caps lock */

		"^b"    = ("insertText:", "\U2190");  /* C-b     solid left */
		"^f"    = ("insertText:", "\U2192");  /* C-f     solid right */
		"^p"    = ("insertText:", "\U2191");  /* C-p     solid up */
		"^n"    = ("insertText:", "\U2193");  /* C-n     solid down */
		"b"     = ("insertText:", "\U21E0");  /* f       dotted left */
		"f"     = ("insertText:", "\U21E2");  /* b       dotted right */
		"p"     = ("insertText:", "\U21E1");  /* p       dotted up */
		"n"     = ("insertText:", "\U21E3");  /* n       dotted down */

		"^F"    = ("insertText:", "\U2708");  /* C-F     airplane */
		"^S"    = ("insertText:", "\U2605");  /* C-S     star */

		"^h"    = ("insertText:", "\U2196");  /* C-h     home */
		"h"     = ("insertText:", "\U2198");  /* h       end */
		"^u"    = ("insertText:", "\U21DE");  /* C-u     page up */
		"u"     = ("insertText:", "\U21DF");  /* u       page down */

		"^x"    = ("insertText:", "\U238B");  /* C-x     escape */
		"x"     = ("insertText:", "\U23CF");  /* x       eject */
	};
}