Global keyboard shortcut for copy, cut and paste

Question

How can I define a global shortcuts for copy, cut and paste?

I'm used to Mac's ⌘+C for copy and ⌘+V for paste. They are global, so I can use them interchanging data between CLI and GUI apps.

How can one configure global shortcuts, e.g ⊞ Win+C (copy) and ⊞ Win+V (paste) in Ubuntu 12.04?

I don't have a ⌘ key - it's a windows laptop keyboard with a ⊞ key. — Adam Matan, Jun 08 '13 at 11:55
@Mitch thanks, but I don't see how your answer allows me to create global copy and paste shortcut that would work for the terminal, too. — Adam Matan, Jun 08 '13 at 12:24
Is the standard configuration really that bad? Ctrl-C generally and Ctrl-Shift-C in terminal? (same with V for paste). — Anake, Jun 08 '13 at 14:11
@Anake Yes it's really bad when half of time you are using Mac Os :) Anyway, meta key on Linux pretty useless button so why not to remap for this actions and use it anywhere. Also want to remap change_input_language to Meta+Space, but it also looks impossible. — Sonique, May 13 '15 at 19:05

Cani · Answer 1 · 2016-01-05T15:37:06.150

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These are global shortcuts that work out of the box (tested with Debian 8.2) in terminals and GUI applications:

I didn't test it but to change these shortcuts you could try: Use Shift+Insert to paste from clipboard in gnome-terminal?

edited Jan 05 '16 at 15:37

answered Jan 05 '16 at 15:32

Cani

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