Efficient key bindings using both Mac and Linux

After a number of months, I did come to a solution that I like.

• On the Mac, I got used to the fact that there are 3 main modifiers: Cmd, Ctrl, Opt.
• On the Linux box, I use the same kinesis keyboard and have the same layout for the modifiers, such that I map:

Mac => Linux
CMD == Ctrl
Opt == Alt
Ctrl == Ctrl

The key was to have ctrl twice. And then I got used to the differences between cmd and ctrl on the mac, and on the PC, it worked out that ctrl is the key. For example:

In Chrome:

Ctrl-tab on the Mac ==> Ctrl-tab on Linux
Cmd-C on the Mac ==> Ctrl-c on Linux.

So I can hit two different keys on Linux and get the same result as the Mac.

If you have a windows type keyboard, you can remap something like the special windows key to be the mac command key.

I've since switched to just using a Mac, and, without a doubt, that's way more efficient for touch typing!

I went through this a while ago and found someones autokey setup (I would give credit if I could find where it came from).

I modified it for some things that were missing for my setup, but here it is:

https://github.com/ericwooley/dotfiles/tree/master/.config/autokey

It gets me to like 95% percent of all the keystrokes being the same.

Some things that are still different cmd + right and cmd + left don't act the same, on Linux I use alt+page-up and down.

I ended up depending on vim bindings in my editor to keep me sane, I would recommend that if it's possible for what you're doing.

Oh, and guake has a configurable copy and paste setting for the terminal, so I set that to be alt+c and alt+p for terminal shenanigans