On Linux, Control-C and Control-V don't work for copying and pasting in terminals. The Control modifier is used for its original purpose of inserting control codes. Instead, terminal apps require an extra Shift modifier, like Control+Shift+C. But what if there were hidden shortcut combos for copy and paste
  • crimsoncobalt@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Control+C is used to kill a process in the terminal and that shouldn’t be overwritten. If it is, you’d have to create a totally separate key binding to kill a process. Seems unnecessarily complex when Control+Shift+C works just fine.

    • markstos@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 months ago

      Control+C is used to kill a process in the terminal and that shouldn’t be overwritten.

      Agreed. The post didn’t suggest that.

      Seems unnecessarily complex when Control+Shift+C works just fine.

      For people already using programmable keyboards global copy/paste shortcuts are a nice perk.

      I spend nearly all my day in a browser or a terminal and as I use a terminal and browser that already support this, the effect is 99% complete.

    • hallettj@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      9 months ago

      The article doesn’t suggest using Control+C. It talks about dedicated copy and paste key codes, and you can program your keyboard to map those codes to whatever keys you like. They suggest Fn+C.