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> It is the equivalent of seeing somebody use right-click to copy-paste What would you prefer, instead? CTRL-C, CTRL-V? SHIFT-INS, CTRL-INS? some vim incant
by enriquto 3y ago
> It is the equivalent of seeing somebody use right-click to copy-paste
What would you prefer, instead? CTRL-C, CTRL-V? SHIFT-INS, CTRL-INS? some vim incantation?
As a select-to-copy/middle-click-to-paste guy, seeing people use these inferior alternatives looks extremely annoying to me.
- _Algernon_ 3y agoI think that depends if your workflow is oriented around the keyboard or the mouse. For me it is keyboard oriented and I frequently use (Ctrl)+Shift+Arrows for finegrained selection anyways so Ctrl+C/V is most convenient. I also use Vimium in my browser. If my workflow was mouse oriented I'd instead use Gesturefy. I think they're equivalent and certainly both are better than using the right-click menu.
- enriquto 3y agoI don't always use the mouse, but when I do, I only use the mouse, no keyboard needed at all. Using CTRL+C/V requires an unholy synchronization of mouse and keyboard. But unix-style middle-click paste is entirely mouse-controlled and very elegant. Of course, if you are inside a text file, you can use vim keyboard tricks that are even faster because you don't need to select the text.
- MrVandemar 3y ago> Using CTRL+C/V requires an unholy synchronization of mouse and keyboard. You can select text with the keyboard by holding down the shift-key, and use the cursor-keys or use ctrl to efficiently jump by word-boundaries. No mouse required.