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?
When I started my current job, I thought I was getting a repetitive stress injury from the hundreds of copy pastes I was making daily. Eventually I got used to it, but my hand still hurts occasionally.
I am 100% behind the idea of dedicated buttons!
Look into autohotkey or a mouse with extra buttons you can map to these functions.
I highly recommend mice with additional programmable keys, speech recognition, and programmable foot pedals. I use all three at work and they’re great for splitting the workload across different body parts.
Mouse? The thing that sat on a pad next to a box of floppy disks?
That’s the one. We actually still use floppy disks in my industry.
Is it “Emacs pinky” possibly? Emacs is an editor with hotkeys for just about everything and a lot are based on CTRL.
I’ve gotten used to using an Emacs layout and eventually my pinky started to ache too bad so I remapped caps lock to be control and everything is much more comfortable now.