![]() Expectedly, terminal commands like ctrl + c and ctrl + l (which clears the buffer, super useful) don’t just work with the cmd key - you need to use ctrl. ![]() Where it doesn’t work out so well, is in iTerm. Sweet, now I can reach for the key I’m used to and get cmd instead. So, using macOS’s built-in keyboard configuration, I mapped my ctrl modifier to be cmd, and my cmd modifier to be ctrl. On macOS, the cmd key tends to be a pain in the ass.Ĭopy and paste, quitting applications, and all sorts of other things that you’d typically do with the ctrl key on a Linux or Windows machine, all use the cmd key instead. ![]() Using Linux, or even Windows, the ctrl key tends to be the only real modifier key you need to worry about, especially in the context of using a terminal. I use macOS, both on my laptop and desktop (a Hackintosh). I had made the switch to caps lock control around a year before I picked up my HHKB, so it was no problem using it, mostly. Where’s it gone to? It’s replaced the bastard child of keyboard keys, Caps Lock. The keyboard is really a topic for another post - the reason I mention it is the placement of the ctrl key. After trying a couple different kinds of keyboards, I eventually settled on a Happy Hacking Keyboard.
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