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Why isn't it recommended to change the SIGINT shortcut from Ctrl+C to something like Ctrl+SHIFT+C? (lemy.lol)

submitted 9 months ago by matcha_addict@lemy.lol to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I read a lot of answers online that its a bad idea, but the arguments did not make a lot of sense. "it's a heavily ingrained part of the eco system". Well if I can change it, what's the deal?

It makes more sense to make an interrupt signal be the harder shortcut, and copy to be ctrl+C, matching other programs and platforms.

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[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I've done it for about a decade without anything bad ever happening.

I have rebound copy and paste to ctrl+c and ctrl+v in konsole and bound the interrupt to ctrl+x using stty intr ^x

Also I keep it consistent across ssh sessions by using Xpipe.

I honestly wasn't even aware that anybody thought it might be bad for any reason.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why? It seems like you would want to kill a program more than copying text. Is it just a habit thing?

[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not in my workflow. Usually programms terminate after doing their job. And I copy the output all the time to google for stuff or to put it in another terminal or another command.
Ctrl+X is not significantly more difficult to press than Ctrl+C. But Ctrl+Shift+C is.

[–] yianiris@kafeneio.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Me too!

Ctrl-K Ctrl-U in nano don't interfere either :)

@Deckweiss @matcha_addict

[–] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Ctrl+shift+k and u? I'm pretty sure it's Ctrl+k and +u