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> The keys are not compatible with MacOS - why not? Surely this is an obvious need. I seem to recall the cut and paste keys aren't even compatible with Windows.
by xur17 5y ago
> The keys are not compatible with MacOS - why not? Surely this is an obvious need. I seem to recall the cut and paste keys aren't even compatible with Windows. The cut and paste doesn't even seem to work consistently across applications.
Do you mean that they're not compatible with a macbook keyboard? control-c / x / v work fine on all of my Ubuntu computers, but I might be misunderstanding what issue you are running into.
- DarmokJalad1701 5y agoNow try doing that in the terminal.
- yoyohello13 5y agoctrl+shift+c / x / v
- xur17 5y agoBingo. This is the trick GP is likely looking for.
- DarmokJalad1701 5y agoDoes this work outside of the terminal on linux?
- jcelerier 5y agobut that's the readline shortcuts which are the same no matter which Unix terminal you are using, on macOS, Linux, cygwin, git bash, WSL... https://github.com/chzyer/readline/blob/master/doc/shortcut.md https://github.com/chzyer/readline/blob/master/doc/shortcut.... I don't know if I'm an oddball but I'm switching all day long between Mac, Windows and Linux machines and I'd die if I had to use a different set of terminal shortcuts every time.
- leafmeal 5y agoThe terminal in JetBrains apps is smart enough to know when ctrl-c means copy and when it means abort. It's definitely a solvable problem.
- bastardoperator 5y agoMacOS uses cmd + c/v/x versus ctrl.
- handrous 5y agoOne thing I like about the Mac style for those is that there's less wrist movement (nice if you've got some RSI pain you'd rather not aggravate), and I can hit them while leaving 3 of 4 home-row fingers in place.
- 3r8Oltr0ziouVDM 5y agoI've never worked on a Mac, but I have Ctrl and Alt swapped and I agree that it's much more comfortable.
- Steltek 5y agoI'm not sure non-Mac systems preclude this. In fact, I never had RSI or wrist pain issues until my boss pressured me into using a MacBook. I now use a standard (= Windows) keyboard and remapped several keys. On the topic of keys, Mac users often fail to mention the reverse situation. Coming to a Mac from other environments, the keymaps are not intuitive to me and often leads to frustration, especially if you're frequently switching between work (Mac) and personal (Linux) machines.
- handrous 5y ago> In fact, I never had RSI or wrist pain issues until my boss pressured me into using a MacBook. Extended (hours, over several days) trackpad use is the first thing that's ever given me serious RSI, in over 20 years of computing. I think the action of click-n-dragging is the main cause. And MacBooks are the only laptops I've used where I don't hate having to use the trackpad for more than a couple minutes, so....