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Re:Pandoc by enriquto on Friday February 02, 2024 @01:13PM (#39232093)
I don't always use the mouse, but when I do, I only use the mouse, no keyboard needed at all.

Using CTRL+C/V requires an unholy synchronization of mouse and keyboard. But unix-style middle-click paste is entirely mouse-controlled and very elegant. Of course, if you are inside a text file, you can use vim keyboard tricks that are even faster because you don't need to select the text.

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Re:Pandoc by MrVandemar on Friday February 02, 2024 @07:54PM (#39236565)
> Using CTRL+C/V requires an unholy synchronization of mouse and keyboard.

You can select text with the keyboard by holding down the shift-key, and use the cursor-keys or use ctrl to efficiently jump by word-boundaries.

No mouse required.

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