Yes, the Mac is the only system doing this right
Re:How the Clipboard Works
by Beltalowda on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @06:21AM
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I don't use it from my terminal; I just use the select mechanism there. In Vim I have some mappings to copy from and to the + and * registers though.
^V is probably rare enough that it's not a big deal, but ^C is indeed an unfortunate conflict.
I use a mac, so it's actually cmd-c and cmd-v for me. And ctrl-c and ctrl-v work in terminals as they normally do. Best of both in my opinion!
Clipboard is a GUI thing, terminal emulators are just that - emulators. Not really surprising that there are clashes.
I don't find it too hard to remember to use Ctrl+Shift+C/V in terminals (when I don't just use the primary selection).
How do people stand these particular keybindings? They get so much in the way inside a terminal! They are possibly the worst choice of keys for something as important as copy/paste (if the keyboard is needed at all, but I digress).
^C = forcefully stop the current program
^V = escape to enter the next character verbatim
I use these two all the time, and I find it very confusing that they have a different meaning in other contexts.