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
  • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
    12·
    15 hours ago

    I’ve been using ctrl+c for copy and ctrl+v for paste for over a decade in my linux terminal by remapping the interrupt to ctrl+x.

    It’s basic ergonomics and user friendliness.

    I do it on all my personal devices and servers.

    Nothing bad happened in those ~15 years that I’ve been doing that. What the fuck are you arguing about?

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      8·
      14 hours ago

      I might actually do that too, but not for ergonomics. I’m just going nuts with sometimes ctrl-c,. sometimes ctrl-shift-c, sometimes ctrl-ins

      • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        If you need any help, ping me and I’ll share my setup.

        The reason you gave still falls under the concept of ergonomics.

        From wikipedia:

        Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Primary goals of human factors engineering are to reduce human error, increase productivity and system availability, and enhance safety, health and comfort with a specific focus on the interaction between the human and equipment.

        It would be a more ergonomic (and less error prone) system if you modify the shortcuts so that you don’t fumble them.

          • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
            1·
            18 minutes ago

            My current setup:

            ~/.bashrc

              stty intr \^x
  bind -f ~/.inputrc

            ~/.inputrc

            set bind-tty-special-chars off

set colored-stats on
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set show-all-if-unmodified on
set completion-ignore-case on
set completion-query-items -1
set page-completions off

"\e[1;5C": forward-word
"\e[1;5D": backward-word
"\C-h": nop
"\C-s":"\C-asudo "

            And in Konsole I have remapped copy to ctrl+C and paste to ctrl+V .

            I honestly don’t remember what each config line is for, cause it has been so long ago. And probably you don’t want all of that. Probably best to throw it into an AI and let it explain it line by line.