[lug] Make keyboard shortcuts consistent between Mac and Linux

David Pellouchoud davecreates at gmail.com
Sat Aug 31 10:47:25 MDT 2019


I confess, I stalk this mailing list.

Really it's a bit of a challenge for me so I try to follow but as such
never have anything to offer. Incredibly edifying. I'm just really
interested in FOSS, specifically it's application by different Davids in
the front range area.

*Dave*

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 8:50 PM Valentina Kibuyaga <namusoke at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the update.
>
>
> On August 29, 2019, at 10:10 PM, "Jeffrey S. Haemer" <
> jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Davide,
>
> > PS: does this mailing list still has a decent number of subscribers?
>
> I have no way of knowing, but I certainly read it.
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 6:45 AM Davide Del Vento <
> davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Randomly poking around I saw options to change those shortcuts too, so it
>> must be possible. However I am much less familiar with MacOS than Linux
>> Mate/Gnome, so I did not attempt that (and I do not know if it is possible
>> "programmatically" as in this repo, or if you just have to go and edit a
>> lot of setting by clicking here and thee, which is a pain).
>>
>> Also, I found the ergonomics of Mac keyboards (especially external /
>> desktop ones) much better than PC ones so I decided to use them. *And*
>> being their layout slightly different it meant I had to re-learn at least
>> some shortcuts anyway, so I concluded to switch this way....
>>
>> I know, not the answer you were looking for, but better than the
>> "nothing" you've got so far...
>>
>> Davide
>>
>> PS: does this mailing list still has a decent number of subscribers?
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:08 AM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What if I want to go the other way? e.g. Make macOS keyboard act more
>>> like that of Linux?
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From: *"Davide Del Vento" <davide.del.vento at gmail.com>
>>> *To: *"BLUG" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 27, 2019 10:30:12 AM
>>> *Subject: *[lug] Make keyboard shortcuts consistent between Mac and
>>> Linux
>>>
>>> Some of you might be interested in
>>> https://github.com/davidedelvento/MacOS-Linux-shortcuts
>>>
>>>
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