Used in a Sentence

crtl

How to use crtl in a sentence. Live example sentences for crtl pulled from indexed public discussions.

Editorial note

This way, crtl-up goes to previous partial match (and up goes to last command as usual).

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Quick take

This way, crtl-up goes to previous partial match (and up goes to last command as usual).

Example sentences

1

This way, crtl-up goes to previous partial match (and up goes to last command as usual).

2

Chrome I close out relaunch semi-frequently (crtl-w spam, oops), but still keep it open, because why not?

3

This is a lifesaver for using Screen, which was frustrating as a longtime PC/Linux user - the crtl+a escape sequence becomes even easier to hit.

4

We spent some time trying to get arrow keys (and crtl+p crtl+n) to move to the next/previous paragraph when you hit the bottom/top of the current one, but a cursor position bug prevented that from working so we cut it for now.

5

I can produce a binary of OS X or Windows right now by ripping the iso and then hitting ctrl-C and crtl-V, but their license makes it illegal for me to hack it or to redistribute it.

6

So Crtl+F being mapped to the find command in every other application wasn't "a really good reason"?

7

In any discussion about racism, the stratified-by-race-IQ-chart invariably gets brought up (crtl-f for "itjustdontwork" for its latest rendition in this thread).

8

I hate to be "That Guy", but I can't say I like the fact that I can't reduce fontsize with crtl+zoom.

9

Ctrl+t does fuzzy finding across all markdown headers and I Crtl+Click in the terminal quite a lot to jump to ticket files.

10

What I love about the default Bash Crtl-C behaviour is that once a command has been located, the bash history is moved to the history of that command, until Enter is pressed.

11

Same thing, if you will think about emacs (in console mode, without gtk gui) that it was designed to work via hardware terminals, like this lovely DEC's vt-i-didn't-remember-the-numbers boxes, with green letters and that wonderful hardware scrolling, you will probably understand, why there are so many of those Ctrl-x Crtl-x commands in it, and how smartly these commands was arranged.

Quote examples

1

So Crtl+F being mapped to the find command in every other application wasn't "a really good reason"?

2

In any discussion about racism, the stratified-by-race-IQ-chart invariably gets brought up (crtl-f for "itjustdontwork" for its latest rendition in this thread).

3

I hate to be "That Guy", but I can't say I like the fact that I can't reduce fontsize with crtl+zoom.

Proper noun examples

1

Ctrl+t does fuzzy finding across all markdown headers and I Crtl+Click in the terminal quite a lot to jump to ticket files.

2

What I love about the default Bash Crtl-C behaviour is that once a command has been located, the bash history is moved to the history of that command, until Enter is pressed.

3

Same thing, if you will think about emacs (in console mode, without gtk gui) that it was designed to work via hardware terminals, like this lovely DEC's vt-i-didn't-remember-the-numbers boxes, with green letters and that wonderful hardware scrolling, you will probably understand, why there are so many of those Ctrl-x Crtl-x commands in it, and how smartly these commands was arranged.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use crtl in a sentence?

This way, crtl-up goes to previous partial match (and up goes to last command as usual).