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Why have I never heard of Ctrl+insert combo? I almost don't believe you. Will test when I get home
Linux has two paste buffers, at least in X and I assume Wayland is the same? . One buffer for ctrl-c/ctrl-v and one for selecting text/middle mouse. ctrl-insert and shift-insert are using the "last mouse selected text" paste buffer.
It's the same yeah
Ctrl+Insert gets pretty close, but some laptops, including Mac books, don't have insert on their keyboard. 😔
Command+C on Mac books work, yes, But that still means inconsistencies across different platforms. I am forced to use macos for work, and I try to unify my shortcuts across the two platforms. Otherwise it's disorienting using my personal computer after a day of work
My solution for this has been on my Linux machine, using keyd, to swap alt and super, and map super+c, super+v to copy and paste. (I also map super+L, super+R, super+T and super+W in Firefox to the control- equivalents using keyd's per-application bindings functionality)
First thing I do on a new laptop is remapping a key I won't be using much to Insert, which I use all the time :)
Yep, I'm using ctrl-c and q and s and d and z etc for almost 40 years now, it would be difficult to change those habits