Comment by jack_pp
5 days ago
Heh, shortcut muscle memory is the reason I returned my Mac mini one week after trying it. I sure am not gonna remap my brain for apple after 20 years of Linux and windows.
5 days ago
Heh, shortcut muscle memory is the reason I returned my Mac mini one week after trying it. I sure am not gonna remap my brain for apple after 20 years of Linux and windows.
Maybe you mean it's too much effort, because I'm sure you could. I was taught touch typing on a QWERTY keyboard in the summer between 6th and 7th grade. Last year I switched to Colemak after nearly 30 years of QWERTY.
Oh I have no doubt that I could but I don't see why since linux already does what I need and I don't see any compelling reason to switch. I was just curious to see what all the hype was about with the new m1 CPUs and give it a shot.
It's easy and reasonably quick to set up key remapping (via Karabiner).
Yes, but specifically in the context of Terminals (as discussed in the original article), it's really convenient to be able send Ctrl-C (break) differently than Cmd-C (copy).
So yes keyboard remapping is an option. But there's just differences you can't remap because of the extra meta keys on Mac (and I guess on Windows too, with the Copilot or Start keys in play).
> it's really convenient to be able send Ctrl-C (break) differently than Cmd-C (copy)
Right, and even on Linux you can do it by using the four-fifths forgotten CUA shortcut Ctrl-Insert for copy (and Shift-Insert for paste.) Although I'll admit to using Ctrl-Shift-C/V most of the time.
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