MacOS - modifier keys?

[gribbly]

Hey all, I have edit building and running on the (standard) ZSH terminal on my Mac. Works great! I have a couple of questions on modifier keys:

1. On Windows I can use "Alt+F" to open the File menu... I can't figure out the equivalent on MacOS. I've tried Command, Option, Control and Shift in various combos, but none of them seem to work? Is this supported on MacOS?
2. Speaking on Command and Control, as built edit listens for Control + C, Control + V for cut'n'paste, etc. I'd like it to listen for Command + C, Command + V. Is there a way to do that?

I will keep poking at this, but if anyone has pointed I'd appreciate it. I'm not very familiar with Rust, so understanding the code is slow for me.

I have a feeling I'm missing a config file or similar? What is the config strategy for edit? It's not obvious to me if there is a (possibly optional) config file.

[lhecker]

If you have WSL installed on Windows, run showkey -a and check what happens if you type Alt+F, etc. Then try running showkey -a on macOS and you'll see that Alt+F results in output that is indistinguishable from other inputs like Arrow Key presses. We currently don't know how to fix this on our side. I don't think we can. You can alternatively press F10.

(We also don't have a Mac to test this app on macOS, which is the biggest problem.)

[Salzman-Software]

Can you not just run macOS in a VM? I believe you can do this in VMware and VirtualBox (see this tutorial)

[qodesmith]

@gribbly How did you get this running on your mac?

[zigzatuzoo]

https://github.com/microsoft/edit?tab=readme-ov-file#build-instructions

[Salzman-Software]

since macOS’ command key uses the same key code as the Windows key, the Mac build should just use Win+X, Win+C, Win+V, etc.