For such a frequently utilized key combo, three keys is too many. On macOS cmd-c and cmd-v work everywhere, too. Windows it is ctrl-c and ctrl-v. Linux it is... dependent on what application you are using and wildly frustrating. Sure, you can remap keys, but then you need to start to really be concerned with config management, backing that up, etc. Getting 'up and running' from 0-hero on macOS takes a few minutes for me, but with Linux it's a couple of days of tweaking at this point.

> Linux it is... dependent on what application you are using and wildly frustrating

What other application uses something else than CTRL+C for copying on Linux? Been using various Linux flavors for decades and the only application that requires a different shortcut than CTRL+C is terminals, as they already use CTRL+C for something else.

Otherwise I can't think of a single application using something else than CTRL+C.

I am spoiled on macos, where cmd is the primary modifier key. So cmd-c and cmd-v are for copy/paste, and ctrl-c still continues to work in a terminal. I understand the need for ctrl-shift-c in a linux term, where ctrl-c needs to remain for signaling processes. I just wish I could globally remap this. Some of the hacks exist for this (https://github.com/rbreaves/kinto) but it's a leaky abstraction and not fool proof.

Besides CTRL+SHIFT+C/CTRL+SHIFT+V to copy/paste in terminals, there are some other alternative mappings for common functions that I like to use sometimes and which work pretty widely:

  - copy: Ctrl+Insert
  - paste: Shift+Insert
  - next tab: Ctrl+PgDn
  - previous tab: Ctrl+PgUp

Does no one use the X11 select/single button paste? Hell I like it so much I get irritated when I go back to windows and have to use (fake exasperated tone) four extra keystrokes to copy and paste. But jokes aside it is annoying as hell to use windows copy/paste after the sublime X11 experience. this is mainly because it takes 2 or three aborted paste efforts before I get it right.

Why did it not paste?? I know I selected it, go back and select.. still nothing, ahh yes I am on windows go back ctrl+c exasperated sigh, back again, ctrl+v exasperated sigh.

X11 has it's problems but primary select/middle button paste is one thing it got right. some others are point to focus, don't raise on click, tiling window managers and the compose key.

One class of programs. Terminal emulators. That's it (well and like Emacs but that's true on Mac too...). And a lot of them let you change it to C-c,C-v if you want too. You should change the interrupt behavior too but you can.