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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by trashcan on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:12PM (#27936207)
ctrl+c also works if you are using vim (and not vi). one handed!
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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by Jedd on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:01PM (#27936618)
That is one-handed in precisely the same way that ctrl-[ is one-handed.
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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by LTL_FTC on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:20PM (#27937592)
Not on a Mac, unfortunately. I mean, I can place my thumb on the left control and pinky on the [ so maybe you’re correct
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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by Jedd on Friday July 23, 2021 @11:21PM (#27938133)
My point was that if there's a CTRL key on each side of the keyboard, then anything involving a ctrl+something is one-handed-able.

Whether it's good typing practice to use one hand for both the ctrl and the C, say, in a ctrl-c construct - I can't say.

I know that I rarely if ever use the right-hand control or alt keys (on a standard US-mode PC keyboard that has alt and control keys on both sides). I suspect this is poor form.

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