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Using Mac Keyboard-layout on Linux?
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Obviously you should relearn everything. Heck, pick up the Dvorak or Colemak keyboard layout while you're at it!
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That toshy thing looks like the right way to go. Wild that this is such a complex issue.
I had to go the other direction (Linux -> apple) for a bit and ended up remapping the caps lock key to command so I could approximate "normal" reflexive (pinky-based) shortcuts. It did sort of simplify copy-pasting in terminals.
same here but permanently since i can only chose between mac and windows for work laptops since leaving the few employers that support linux laptops.
i had to remap the globe/fn key to control since it sits in the control space and i struggle daily with copy/paste and i REALLY MISS the scroll-wheel-click/shift-insert copy/paste; i have to use a context menu for both.
But on Mac if you already selected it, why not drag it to copy? (No mod key in terminal, alt key for all other cases)
I switch between multiple desktops w one dedicated to the terminal and dragging doesn't seem to work when switching to another desktop
Oh that's sad. Last version of MacOS I used was 11 or 12, and things like keyboard shortcuts and mouse behaviour stopped working randomly there too. Guess the detoriation of their GUI hasn't slowed down.
For what it's worth I used some drag and drop shelf tool, closed source, a mix of macboard and dropover, can't find it right now.
detoriation of their gui is a great way to put it; i've been using mac's on and off for since 2004 and their gui used to be top notch, but it it feels that all the user experience changes that have been foisted upon mac's gui is done so without consideration for their original gui's so now they're in this strange, semi-working state.
Off-topic, but for someone who recently switch to hhkb layout, I find it way more comfortable to activate shortcuts with caps-lock (Ctrl in hhkb) pinky rather than with regular command.