Control-c meant cancel for decades before some idiot decided that it ought to mean copy instead.

As for your pinky, just type the chords correctly and you won’t hurt yourself. This means typing the modifier key(s) with the opposite hand instead of the same hand that is typing the letter. So for control-z you are going to type the “z” with your left hand, so use your right hand to type “control”. That’s why the keyboard has every modifier key on both sides.

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spankalee 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> just type the chords correctly

Gee thanks.

I like to have my right hand on a mouse or trackpad, so two handed chords are much less convenient.

Macs manage to make one-handed chords for copy and paste ergonomic, but on a PC it's user error?

	▲	flaunf221 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Macs manage to make one-handed chords for copy and paste ergonomic Cmd-C is not any more ergonomic than Ctrl-C. You are only speaking from position of habit. Pressing modifier with tucked in thumb is not great for it. If someone is concerned about ergonomics, they should buy ergonomic keyboard. Standard layouts are crap.