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Re:Modeless Vim by anthk on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @11:55AM (#39015522)
I just swap Ctrl and Caps Lock, much better.

setkbmap us -option ctrlL:swapcaps -option compose:rwin

You can place that command at XFCE's startup settings for applications.

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Re:Modeless Vim by aidenn0 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @11:17PM (#39023231)
You missed the point; Ctrl-C is never going to be "copy" in a terminal, since that shortcut is already in use. Cmd-C can work everywhere, but GUI applications on linux do not default to that.
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Re:Modeless Vim by csdvrx on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @03:40PM (#39033138)
> You missed the point; Ctrl-C is never going to be "copy" in a terminal, since that shortcut is already in use

My `stty intr ^X` disagrees

I've made Ctrl-C do copy paste in the terminal, even in vim, with a special function for wayland:

vnoremap <C-C> <CMD>call WLCopy()<CR>

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