Plan 9 Keybindings

Plan 9 OS user interface (UI) is mouse oriented. However, thanks to Common User Access (CUA) specification, we have come to expect keyboard shortcuts to work for certain repeated actions. e.g. Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v for cut, copy and paste respectively. This is an attempt to introduce the same in Plan 9.

 

Code (Work in Progress)


 References

  1. Typing Unicode Characters (see also man keyboard(6))
     

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