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stonewow1 t1_jeex539 wrote

Can't you swap the ctrl and cmd? I think you can do that in mac os.

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jackielii OP t1_jeexkcl wrote

I use ctrl a lot too. Ctrl+a,e,f,b,n,p in Macos is very useful (readline bindings, like emacs).

Not to mention I use Tmux, so Ctrl-a is a must.

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stonewow1 t1_jeey47y wrote

So I guess you can swap the copy paste cut to ctrl instead of cmd. I don't think it overrides anything. Just mentioning I'm not against switching to a different layout, just suggesting a different approach.

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jackielii OP t1_jeeyl63 wrote

I thought of doing this in the beginning. The problem is there are so many places this will fail. Applications built for mac will assume you have the default layout. For starters, ctrl+c won't work: it needs to be ctrl+c for terminal for keyboard interrupt signal.

Actually, in Linux, most terminals support ctrl+shift+c/v for copy & paste.

I think the point here is: I try to stick to system default wrt to shortcuts, otherwise you'll spend a lot tweaking every application, and the ones you're yet to use.

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