Bash clipboard copy and paste

nexus · January 5, 2022, 7:30pm

Hi!

I’m sure this has been asked previously, but I can’t find it when I’ve searched.

I’m having problems copying and pasting to the terminal since this is usually done with ctrl+shift+c/v and these are used for copying from and to the qubes clipboard.

I’m wondering what the usual way that people deal with this problem is, how do you rebind the way you copy/paste to bash and what do you rebind it to?

Thanks.

fsflover · January 5, 2022, 7:43pm

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

qubes ctrl-shift-c/v collides with terminal c&p

opened 06:37PM - 04 Dec 18 UTC

closed 11:29PM - 05 Nov 21 UTC

ThomasWaldmann

T: enhancement C: other C: doc P: minor

Qubes 4.0, maybe also older. There was already #3583 discussing that the qube…s c&p key combo is the same as many people also use for terminal c&p. I'ld like to suggest 2 changes to finally resolve it and avoid having people stumble over it again and again: 1. @marmarek mentioned "Try Ctrl+Ins and Shift+Ins. Works for me." - it also works for me, so could go into FAQ? 2. About `/etc/qubes/guid.conf`: - as people end up there, wanting to change keys, mention `Ctrl-Ins` / `Shift-Ins` there also, so maybe they don't even need to change after reading it there. - if there is really some need to change the keys, try and error there is rather tedious. as i did not know how to make changes in there apply without rebooting, i did reboot rather often until i found `Mod4-c` is the config value needed for "Windows-Key + c". xev names that key Super_L so it's not helpful here. - so, mention the valid names of the modifier keys there?

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues

Ctrl Shift C / Ctrl Shift V for inter-VM copy/paste breaks copy/paste from terminal

opened 09:20PM - 13 Feb 18 UTC

closed 09:31PM - 13 Feb 18 UTC

shunju

In short, I think Qubes keyboard shortcuts should try to as much as possible to …get out of the way of users and be customizable in case they happen to be still in the way of a minority of users. Coming from Debian I am used to using Ctrl+Shift+C to copy from and Ctrl+Shift+V to paste into a terminal. However, in Qubes, these shortcuts are intercepted by the dom0 GUI and never reach the terminal window. Therefore, I have to click on Edit and then Copy/Paste in the terminal. This is exacerbated by the fact that the standard Gnome terminal does not allow navigating the menu with the keyboard (e.g. Alt+E P). (I will install xfce4-terminal soon and expect that this will help me work around the issue somewhat). I would expect Qubes to use another (not widely used) keyboard shortcut to achieve copy/paste interaction between VMs, e.g. Super+C and Super+V (where Super is the Windows key, Linux key, Qubes key or whatever). Somewhat more generally, it would be nice if users were able to customize Qubes shortcuts. I find hard-coding shortcuts especially concerning because I see possible future shortcuts discussed (e.g. #2706) that potentially further restrict usability for some users.

nexus · January 6, 2022, 12:52pm

Thank you, guid.conf is exactly what I’m looking for!