I was just reading this thread… https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

…and it got me thinking about something that I’ve wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I’d love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they’re not exactly comfortable. I’d rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

  • masterofn001
    7·
    3 months ago

    To paste in Linux:

    Ctrl + shift + v in terminal.

    Ctrl + u in nano but nano doesn’t use the same copy buffer but you can also use Ctrl + shift + v but only to paste something copied from outside nano.

    To paste in vi(m) :?!&///<¥₱!

    Pretty much everywhere else, eg file manager, any GUI, browsers, etc. is Ctrl +v

    I also just love that it is beyond simple to create any key combo shortcut for absolutely anything on Linux.

    Make that menu key work for the real estate it occupies.

    • lemmyngEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Ctrl + shift + v in terminal.

      In some terminals. urxvt for example just uses the selection buffer. And either is reasonable, because Ctrl + C to send sigterm predates Ctrl + C to copy.

      • unrushed233@lemmings.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        Some terminals use weird combinations like Shift + Insert, which is ridiculous, because it requires me to take my right hand off the mouse to hit the insert key

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      31·
      3 months ago

      To paste in vi(m) :?!&///<¥₱!

      Wut? Is this a joke that it’s difficult to paste in Vim? Because it’s literally just p.

      You do need to be in command mode, so alright, there is some complexity there, but you won’t get much closer to just a single key, as OP wants.