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?

  • confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    I don’t know about that but I think we need two clipboards, standard. If we had the existing clipboard and a second with dedicated keys that would be very helpful.

      • camr_on@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        You can do that in Windows and on some Linux distro, at least on KDE. It might be a setting you have to turn on. Hit windows key + v to choose what to paste

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        That’s been implemented many times on the Mac and Windows and Linux. It’s generally referred to as a “clipboard manager”, if you want a search term.

        I’d also add that emacs has its own (more sophisticated) system, the “kill ring”, and I’m sure that vi has an analog of some sort.

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
      4·
      1 month ago

      I recently switched to Linux and I miss Win+V a lot. I keep pressing it expecting something to happen out of habit

        • criticon@lemmy.ca
          2·
          1 month ago

          Did you install something else? I’m using mint and I installed a clipboard manager but I haven’t been able to bind it to win+v and also it doesn’t work as well as the windows implementation

          • camr_on@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 month ago

            I think it’s just a vanilla option, I have KDE on endeavorOS. It’s not quite as smooth as the windows implementation but it’s really nice to have

    • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 month ago

      Linux has sort of two clipboards. There’s the normal Ctrl-c/Ctrl-v one and also if you highlight a text you can paste that text using middle mouse button.