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That's the same argument Emacs developers use to justify alt (sorry, "meta") + w as copy. But it's a terrible argument.

(In the Mac case at least using cmd+c is superior, and even works in Emacs!)



Is that the default meta key? If so then thanks. I've had a really hard time getting that info from emacs users so I haven't been able to try it.


Meta is usually Alt in emacs, but it should be noted that everywhere else, Meta usually refers to Super (which is called "Cmd" in Macs and "Windows Logo Key" in Windows).

(And macOS's built-in emacs keybindings available in every textbox uses ctrl+opt for meta.)


The main difference is that command-c makes sense ;)




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