Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? - eviltoast

I was just reading this thread… https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

…and it got me thinking about something that I’ve wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I’d love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they’re not exactly comfortable. I’d rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

  • msage@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Yes, finally someone else who appretiates compose key!

    I use Linux, so I remap it on every PC I use, when I have right context key, I remap that, otherwise I remap right Ctrl to compose.

    It’s so good, specially for using US keymap to write in other european languages. At first it takes a bit, then it’s second nature.