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I have two frustrations with keyboard shortcuts that I think most people generally share: 1. They are usually inconsistent, so muscle memory conflicts. 2. You
by thomastjeffery 4y ago
I have two frustrations with keyboard shortcuts that I think most people generally share:
1. They are usually inconsistent, so muscle memory conflicts.
2. You usually can't edit them.
If only we could just edit them. The possibilities....
- saurik 4y agoWhy can't you edit them? Have you looked at .inputrc? If not, read the article ;P. You can also certainly edit anything in vim/Emacs. On macOS, you can even remap the keyboard shortcuts in almost every GUI app--and even sometimes universally across apps due to conventions--because of how they try to model shortcuts as convenience for the menu bar.
- thomastjeffery 4y agoYes, there are quite a few places where you can, but not enough. Most software can't be changed. And while you can edit (remap) the keybinds in [neo]Vim, there are limitations. You can't edit all of them at the same time without running into race conditions. I've tried and failed. And even Emacs - a nearly best-case scenario - is a struggle. First, you have to remap all the Emacs functions you want to change. Then you have to remap all the plugins you use. It's a lot of unnecessary work, and it's tricky to find your way around.