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?

  • lemmyngEnglish
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    4 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·
      4 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