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0 pointsswsieber10y ago0 comments

Personally, the reason I like OS X over a random linux distribution is the sane keyboard shortcut defaults - CMD+C and CMD+V just work everywhere, as well as things like CMD+W.

Well, almost everywhere. And CTRL+F is still a little wonky depending on the app you're in.

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_lce010y ago

For me it's the other way.

In Linux there's a clear separation of CTRL for sending messages to the app --ALT for commands-- and SUPER for messaging the OS.

I found OSX very confusing trying to mix everything into a single key.

swsieberOP10y ago

Oh, that's an insight I've never thought about. It never occurred to me that they had different purposes.

pessimizer10y ago

Where on Linux do Ctrl-c, v, and x not work? I haven't had a problem with them anywhere in a decade. I have largely stuck to Gnome2, MATE, and XFCE, though.

ninkendo10y ago

The problem with Ctrl C is that it is also the shortcut for SIGINT when the terminal is focused.

Also most terminal emulators will forward all Ctrl combinations directly over the TTY rather than capturing them in the windowing system, so in practice Ctrl-V rarely works in a terminal either. Likewise for Ctrl-W, which is typically bound to backwards-kill-word, etc.

The way it ends up in practice, shortcuts involving the Command key on OSX end up being clearly defined and consistent, because apps typically can't override them.

j_h_s10y ago

You need ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v, etc. in a terminal.

timlyo10y ago

As a die hard Linux fan, I'll admit that it'd be nice if ctrl+left/right worked the same everywhere.

On most editors it moves me one word, on the command line it inserts the control characters.

Same story for ctrl+backspace and ctrl+a.

hollerith10y ago

Ctrl-v doesn't work in lxterminal.

("Paste" is on the right-click menu though.)

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