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0 pointstaftster4mo ago0 comments

I really do like Cmd key usage for any terminal in Mac. The ability to send Ctrl+C differently than Cmd+C in a Mac is joyous.

However, for most all other applications in Mac, I dislike the Mac command key. Especially in IDEs like vscode, etc.

And I really hate that the actual Ctrl key on a Mac is in the wrong place, having swapped places with Fn. It's like the first thing I have to remember to do on each Mac setup, swap those two keys.

Because I'm toggling between mac/windows/linux all day long, my poor muscle memory is always confused. And it would be nice if this could be unified. Unfortunately, I'm guessing it would have to be solved more by Apple than by Microsoft or Linux.

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kace914mo ago

What do you dislike about cmd placement?

I feel the opposite, the near-thumb position for the most used modifier is a godsend vs pinky strain.

Ctrl in caps lock is debatably better but that key is arguably better used for esc in vim setups (or the harder to setup “ctrl if held, esc if tapped”).

phantasmish4mo ago

cmd is brilliant. I have to shift my entire hand downward a little to hit ctr+c/ctrl-v, and make a pinkie-stretch that I can feel straining my hand. Cmd+c/v keeps three fingers on the home row, and involves just a slide-over of the thumb by maybe a centimeter. It's great.

caps-as-an-extra-ctrl helps with all of that, but leaves you with the problem of overlapping shortcuts in the terminal. Cmd also fixes that.

I hate how hard it is to get anything remotely like it working in Linux. All the solutions are partial and very janky.

cosmic_cheese4mo ago

It’s a sentiment I’ve expressed many times here on HN, but I’d love to see a DE and matching set of apps designed to embrace Mac-like UX, including meta-based key shortcuts. It being like that out of the box instead of requiring a patchwork of spotty config changes and hacks brings massive value.

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cosmic_cheese4mo ago

On all my machines I remap Caps Lock to Control, and since I still use Control from time to time under macOS, I have muscle memory for it, and so switching between Control/Command dominance is low friction.

Control in its typical position however drives me crazy.

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0 pointstaftster4mo ago0 comments

I really do like Cmd key usage for any terminal in Mac. The ability to send Ctrl+C differently than Cmd+C in a Mac is joyous.

However, for most all other applications in Mac, I dislike the Mac command key. Especially in IDEs like vscode, etc.

And I really hate that the actual Ctrl key on a Mac is in the wrong place, having swapped places with Fn. It's like the first thing I have to remember to do on each Mac setup, swap those two keys.

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kace914mo ago

What do you dislike about cmd placement?

I feel the opposite, the near-thumb position for the most used modifier is a godsend vs pinky strain.

Ctrl in caps lock is debatably better but that key is arguably better used for esc in vim setups (or the harder to setup “ctrl if held, esc if tapped”).

phantasmish4mo ago

caps-as-an-extra-ctrl helps with all of that, but leaves you with the problem of overlapping shortcuts in the terminal. Cmd also fixes that.

I hate how hard it is to get anything remotely like it working in Linux. All the solutions are partial and very janky.

cosmic_cheese4mo ago

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cosmic_cheese4mo ago

Control in its typical position however drives me crazy.

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