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?

  • thermal_shockEnglish
    10•1 month ago

    is Ctrl c and Ctrl v too hard for OP? it’s damn near universal with no extra effort to setup…

    • TwinTusksEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      There are some work that requires me to copy and paste a lot of times, after a while, it kind of strains the fingers a bit.

      • thermal_shockEnglish
        2•1 month ago

        autohotkey

        point is, this already exists, no reason to add special keys when there are already work arounds for people that want it different.

      • thermal_shockEnglish
        1•1 month ago

        nearly every console requires including SHIFT if it doesn’t work like normal, even truenas shell. add that to your toolkit, will be good.

        CTRL + SHIFT + V also gives you paste options and paste without formatting, so it’s already superior.

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 month ago

      Yes, it’s weird, but maybe he does a lot. For example, I use the superkey+space to change the keyboard layout about five times per minute, but I changed it to use the Caps Lock key to change the keyboard layout instead.