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Re:Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Anothe... by HKH2 on Sunday September 22, 2024 @09:27PM (#41621574)
Why have three Ctrl keys? Why not use an empty modifier and have your own shortcut keys that you can guarantee no other program uses?
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Re:Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Anothe... by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday September 22, 2024 @10:46PM (#41622008)
> Why have three Ctrl keys?

You could just swap caps with one.

> Why not use an empty modifier and have your own shortcut keys that you can guarantee no other program uses?

Because that would require messy tinkering with multiple layers of software.

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Re:Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Anothe... by HKH2 on Monday September 23, 2024 @07:17AM (#41624810)
From memory, Linux has spare modifiers. You can see them using xmodmap. It's easy to assign shortcuts using them.
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