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Why isn't it recommended to change the SIGINT shortcut from Ctrl+C to something like Ctrl+SHIFT+C? (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I read a lot of answers online that its a bad idea, but the arguments did not make a lot of sense. "it's a heavily ingrained part of the eco system". Well if I can change it, what's the deal?

It makes more sense to make an interrupt signal be the harder shortcut, and copy to be ctrl+C, matching other programs and platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It is a bad idea to get used to using Ctrl+C as copy on the terminal because then you will accidentally abort programs all over with muscle memory on systems you haven't ~~twisted beyond recognition~~ customized.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a valid point. I already have a similar but not exactly the same problem when I move between linux and macos, where the shortcuts don't really match or work.

The difference between ctrl+C on the browser and ctrl+C on the terminal already disorients me. I'd rather the shortcut work the 99% of the time I'm on my own machines.

I think I'll just have to really keep this in mind when not using my own machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I used to create tons of aliases and custom helper scripts. It became a real pain whenever I worked on a Linux server or something that didn't have all my customizations. Now I only have one alias (l="ls -Fhla"). Getting used to my snowflake system just made things more complicated for me..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I use the terminal so much that I frequently accidentally use Ctrl-Shift-C and V outside of the terminal.

Ctrl-Shift-V usually works pretty well as it does a paste without formatting in a lot of places.

Accidentally hitting Ctrl-Shift-C though in a MS Team's chat though, starts a voice call with all chat participants. 😑 hate it