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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sigh can't believe that no one mentioned that there is a default set of shortcuts that are used across all GNU programs, and it's been the default since way before Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V existed. You can easily copy/paste stuff in any terminal using the same keypresses you would on Emacs, I.e. Ctrl+space to start selection, Alt+W to copy and Ctrl+Y to paste. In fact you can navigate the entire line the same way, not just copy/pasting but moving back and forward, selecting and deleting stuff, e.g. Ctrl+A Ctrl+K cuts the entire line.

Unless you activate Vi mode (which most terminals support) and then you can use the same keypresses you would on Vi, including ci" and other cool stuff that's much more powerful that simple copy/paste.

There is a default, it's just not the same as word uses.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You describing a kill ring which is internal to the shell and not synced to the system clipboard. Nor does it work in GUI apps.

The benefit of universal bindings is not have to learn one method for GUI apps, another for terminals and a third for shells implementing the kill-ring like bindings.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to have a Linux keyboard (with Tux instead of the Windows logo on super) with dedicated copy and paste keys. As far as I recall I never used them.

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[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hey, this is one of the reasons I bought this keyboard!

For a couple extra bucks you can get them to make each individual key a separate key code by asking them to convert it to Single Usage Code Firmware, which is so nifty to me!

[–] fxdave@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you can remap keys with any keyboards

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

While correct, for the keyboard I linked, when you press F13 through F24 it sends Shift+F1 through Shift+F12. Which is not impossible to remap, but what if you need to press Shift+F1?

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I have a typematrix keyboard.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

there's a growing adoption of keyboards with custom firmware– programmable keyboards

  1. There's an error
  2. You have computers? We have computers to send keystrokes to our computers!

Edit: i mean, there's software to remap your keyboard.

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[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't want copy paste buttons support, I want the caps lock delay to be fixed. Yes, I use the caps lock not shift, as my brain can't get used to using shift for caps. I'm so tired of typing like THis all the time. 😂 (I'm using a hack currently that helps, but it would be nice if it gets fixed on Linux in general).

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