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Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by AstralPath@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was just reading this thread... https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

...and it got me thinking about something that I've wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I'd love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they're not exactly comfortable. I'd rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

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[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

When I started my current job, I thought I was getting a repetitive stress injury from the hundreds of copy pastes I was making daily. Eventually I got used to it, but my hand still hurts occasionally.

I am 100% behind the idea of dedicated buttons!

[-] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

Look into autohotkey or a mouse with extra buttons you can map to these functions.

[-] dafo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Is it "Emacs pinky" possibly? Emacs is an editor with hotkeys for just about everything and a lot are based on CTRL.

I've gotten used to using an Emacs layout and eventually my pinky started to ache too bad so I remapped caps lock to be control and everything is much more comfortable now.

[-] SoleInvictus 1 points 3 months ago

I highly recommend mice with additional programmable keys, speech recognition, and programmable foot pedals. I use all three at work and they're great for splitting the workload across different body parts.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Mouse? The thing that sat on a pad next to a box of floppy disks?

[-] SoleInvictus 1 points 3 months ago

That's the one. We actually still use floppy disks in my industry.

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