How to bind key for copy and paste?

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I am struggling to set up a new key for copy and paste, as Ctrl-Shift-C and Ctrl-Shift-V is too difficult for me. Instead of using Ctrl-Shift, I would like to use Command key on my MacBook instead.

I have looked up this gist, but I cannot found any option that would bind command key(I guess it should be the win key) to control and shift. How can I map my key to Ctrl-Shift in xkb? Or is it possible for me to map the command key directly to the copying and pasting command?

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In a certain sense i would treat it as off-topic.

On the other hand, it is about using the system, so well…

First, I am supposing you are using something like a X11 window manager. It makes the things a bit easier because in X11 the keyboard is configured in the server files but can be overriden at runtime.

I am not a Mac user, therefore I can’t help so much. My first bet would be using xev, a tool that reads X11 events like mouse movements and keypresses.

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For xev do you mean remapping the key with actkbd or something similar? It seems like xev is only used for checking scan codes?

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xev only reads the “scancodes”, it does not remap keys. To remap, you can try setxkbmap. Arch Wiki has a tutorial on it:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration

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You have many options. If I were you I’d use kmonad:

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