> * Better Edit Keys is a cool system enhancement that allows you to
> use the shift, option and control keys with the arrows, delete,
> forward delete and clear keys in any standard text editing field,
> including basic text editors such as SimpleText. This makes it much
> easier to work with text without reaching the mouse. The following
> key combinations are allowed:
>
> \- shift + any arrow: extend the current selection.
> \- option + left/right arrow: move to the previous or next word.
> \- control + left/right arrow or option + up/down arrow: move to
> the beginning or end of the current line.
> \- shift + option + any arrow: move like option + arrow while
> extending the selection.
> \- option + delete: delete up to the beginning of the current word
> (or clear selection).
> \- forward delete or shift + delete: delete the next character (or
> clear selection).
> \- option + forward delete or shift + option + delete: delete up to
> the end of the current word (or clear selection).
> \- clear: clear the current selection, if any.
> \- option + clear: delete the current word (or clear selection).
>
> * The above tasks should usually be performed by applications, but
> many of them don't care. Better Edit Keys implements this default
> behavior in all situations where the application is not already
> taking care of it, but it does nothing if the application handles
> the keystrokes by itself. This means that the above keystrokes will
> not work if the application already handles them. For example recent
> versions of SimpleText handle the forward delete key by themselves,
> which also disables the option + forward delete keystroke provided
> by Better Edit Keys. There is no safe way to override the
> application's own handling of the keystrokes, so Better Edit Keys is
> only useful for applications that don't handle them and for generic
> text editing fields like the ones in dialog windows.
>
