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How to add cmd-left-arrow and cmd-right-arrow (without shift) key bindings to the mac os x Terminal
app if the Lion install removed this bindings from your system.
1) Open "System Preferences".
2) Go to "Keyboard".
3) Select the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab.
4) Select "Application Shortcuts" from the list of items in the left.
5) Press "+" to add a new shurtcut.
6) As "Application" select "Terminal", as "Menu Title" use: "Select Next Tab". For the "Keyboard Shortcut" field just select the field and press cmd-right-arrow.
7) Repeat again from step 5, using "Select Previous Tab" as Menu Title and pressing cmd-left-arrow as keyboard shortcut.
Enjoy your Terminal app usable again as a code writing tool.
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