> Unless you rebind it to make your experience 100% consistent
If we're saying rebinding is an acceptable solution then what does it matter what order the keys are in?
You also can't really rebind the Fn/Ctrl/Option/Cmd to do what you're suggesting in macOS. I learned this using a ThinkPad USB keyboard on a Mac trying to get it to use Ctrl for the things you're used to on a non-Mac keyboard: there are a lot of clashes. For instance if you map Cmd-C -> Ctrl-C how do you copy things (or cancel things) in a terminal? I ended up binding the ThinkPad's keys to be what they would be on the Mac's keyboard.
The amount of rebinding still differs due to Alt, defaults unfortunately matter even if you change them.
> if you map Cmd-C -> Ctrl-C how do you copy things
How do you do it on Windows where it's the same combo from the start?
But also: by making it conditional on selection or simply using another letter
1. Me: Macs also have the same "Fn on the far left" layout as ThinkPads and Macs/ThinkPads have basically won in the tech space.
2. You: Macs have a better design here - they use the more convenient thumb for Ctrl functions, so fn on the far left is not relevant
3. Me: Nah in the terminal where I spend 90% of my time Ctrl is Ctrl.
4. You: Unless you rebind it to make your experience 100% consistent
5. Me: If we're saying rebinding is an acceptable solution then what does it matter what order the keys are in?
6. You: The amount of rebinding still differs due to Alt, defaults unfortunately matter even if you change them.
Like, sure I guess rebinding 4 keys is more work than rebinding 3. I was just confused (5) because you said that the Mac's design is better (2) but then you seemed to abandon that argument by saying you can just rebind keys (4). Your response at (6) seems irrelevant; why is Alt (a key not on the Mac keyboard; do you mean Option?) germane?
> How do you do it on Windows where it's the same combo from the start?
Pretty much the same way the Mac does it [0]: let Ctrl-C mean "cancel" and use some other key combo for copy (you guessed it).
But, again overall rebinding is an imperfect solution. A lot of things don't know you rebound your keys, there can be weird clashes, etc.
[0]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/ctrl-c-and...
