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On the same topic, lack of a uniform cut-copy-paste mechanism in Linux makes me jealous of the Mac people every single day. On a Mac, you can use Cmd-C to copy
by sandGorgon 11y ago
On the same topic, lack of a uniform cut-copy-paste mechanism in Linux makes me jealous of the Mac people every single day.
On a Mac, you can use Cmd-C to copy from vim and paste into Firefox or your shell/terminal. Try doing the same thing in Linux (even with the IBM CUA [1] approved Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access
- roghummal 11y agoMiddle mouse button? I only have to deviate to ^C, ^V when the applications are... not really native. I just pasted this comment from vim to chromium this way. * Doesn't cover cut-copy-paste, just copy-paste.
- sandGorgon 11y agoahh... the good old days of three button touchpads on laptops. How I miss them :(
- hyperion2010 11y agoYou should be able to bind three fingers to middle click on any modern touchpad.
- sandGorgon 11y agowell my 2-year old thinkpad does not recognize 3 finger touch. I would much rather have a uniform cut-copy-paste command rather than wait for some funky hardware support .. or upgrade. If there was some magical way to get gnome-terminal, vim and firefox/chrome honor a universal cut-copy-paste shortcut... then I'm golden. This is more of a political than a technical problem. Yes, I know I can remap keys in firefox, in gnome-terminal and browsers. But then they dont work in skype.. or something else. I would pay good money if there was a kickstarter around this.
- makecheck 11y agoSome other things to know... The "pbcopy" command-line tool on the Mac will also copy things, which is a powerful way to copy almost anything you want. Soem Mac terminal programs also have options to auto-Copy on select.