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In Emacs (and MacOS) typing control+t will transpose the characters around the cursor in any input field. For example if I type
helol<c-t>
hello
results. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? I'm imagining a solution using something like sxhkd that involves copying the previous 2 characters, deleting them, and pasting a transposed version, but I imagine this would look distracting and take a little while to execute.
I already have Emacs keys enabled system wide but apparently this is not one of the shortcuts it offers.
shortcut-keys text
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In Emacs (and MacOS) typing control+t will transpose the characters around the cursor in any input field. For example if I type
helol<c-t>
hello
results. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? I'm imagining a solution using something like sxhkd that involves copying the previous 2 characters, deleting them, and pasting a transposed version, but I imagine this would look distracting and take a little while to execute.
I already have Emacs keys enabled system wide but apparently this is not one of the shortcuts it offers.
shortcut-keys text
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
On my Ubuntu 16.04.06,bashshell, gnome-termnal, terminal set toemacs,^Tworks for me. If I typeabcd^TI seeabdc
– waltinator
Jun 15 at 0:27
@waltinator it's true that some apps support^T, but ideally I'd be able to use it across all apps, including my browser.
– Razzi Abuissa
Jun 15 at 1:04
A universal solution working both in terminal and in any app probably will not be available in linux. For terminal, indeed you can switch to emacs editing mode. For graphical applications, xdotool will work - it is not as distracting or slow as you fear, but it has its caveats. In addition, one would also need a way to disable the hotkey used to launch the xdotool script when a terminal is active.
– vanadium
Jun 15 at 14:52
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In Emacs (and MacOS) typing control+t will transpose the characters around the cursor in any input field. For example if I type
helol<c-t>
hello
results. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? I'm imagining a solution using something like sxhkd that involves copying the previous 2 characters, deleting them, and pasting a transposed version, but I imagine this would look distracting and take a little while to execute.
I already have Emacs keys enabled system wide but apparently this is not one of the shortcuts it offers.
shortcut-keys text
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
In Emacs (and MacOS) typing control+t will transpose the characters around the cursor in any input field. For example if I type
helol<c-t>
hello
results. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? I'm imagining a solution using something like sxhkd that involves copying the previous 2 characters, deleting them, and pasting a transposed version, but I imagine this would look distracting and take a little while to execute.
I already have Emacs keys enabled system wide but apparently this is not one of the shortcuts it offers.
shortcut-keys text
shortcut-keys text
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
asked Jun 14 at 18:19
Razzi AbuissaRazzi Abuissa
1011 bronze badge
1011 bronze badge
On my Ubuntu 16.04.06,bashshell, gnome-termnal, terminal set toemacs,^Tworks for me. If I typeabcd^TI seeabdc
– waltinator
Jun 15 at 0:27
@waltinator it's true that some apps support^T, but ideally I'd be able to use it across all apps, including my browser.
– Razzi Abuissa
Jun 15 at 1:04
A universal solution working both in terminal and in any app probably will not be available in linux. For terminal, indeed you can switch to emacs editing mode. For graphical applications, xdotool will work - it is not as distracting or slow as you fear, but it has its caveats. In addition, one would also need a way to disable the hotkey used to launch the xdotool script when a terminal is active.
– vanadium
Jun 15 at 14:52
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On my Ubuntu 16.04.06,bashshell, gnome-termnal, terminal set toemacs,^Tworks for me. If I typeabcd^TI seeabdc
– waltinator
Jun 15 at 0:27
@waltinator it's true that some apps support^T, but ideally I'd be able to use it across all apps, including my browser.
– Razzi Abuissa
Jun 15 at 1:04
A universal solution working both in terminal and in any app probably will not be available in linux. For terminal, indeed you can switch to emacs editing mode. For graphical applications, xdotool will work - it is not as distracting or slow as you fear, but it has its caveats. In addition, one would also need a way to disable the hotkey used to launch the xdotool script when a terminal is active.
– vanadium
Jun 15 at 14:52
On my Ubuntu 16.04.06,
bash shell, gnome-termnal, terminal set to emacs, ^T works for me. If I type abcd^T I see abdc– waltinator
Jun 15 at 0:27
On my Ubuntu 16.04.06,
bash shell, gnome-termnal, terminal set to emacs, ^T works for me. If I type abcd^T I see abdc– waltinator
Jun 15 at 0:27
@waltinator it's true that some apps support
^T, but ideally I'd be able to use it across all apps, including my browser.– Razzi Abuissa
Jun 15 at 1:04
@waltinator it's true that some apps support
^T, but ideally I'd be able to use it across all apps, including my browser.– Razzi Abuissa
Jun 15 at 1:04
A universal solution working both in terminal and in any app probably will not be available in linux. For terminal, indeed you can switch to emacs editing mode. For graphical applications, xdotool will work - it is not as distracting or slow as you fear, but it has its caveats. In addition, one would also need a way to disable the hotkey used to launch the xdotool script when a terminal is active.
– vanadium
Jun 15 at 14:52
A universal solution working both in terminal and in any app probably will not be available in linux. For terminal, indeed you can switch to emacs editing mode. For graphical applications, xdotool will work - it is not as distracting or slow as you fear, but it has its caveats. In addition, one would also need a way to disable the hotkey used to launch the xdotool script when a terminal is active.
– vanadium
Jun 15 at 14:52
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On my Ubuntu 16.04.06,
bashshell, gnome-termnal, terminal set toemacs,^Tworks for me. If I typeabcd^TI seeabdc– waltinator
Jun 15 at 0:27
@waltinator it's true that some apps support
^T, but ideally I'd be able to use it across all apps, including my browser.– Razzi Abuissa
Jun 15 at 1:04
A universal solution working both in terminal and in any app probably will not be available in linux. For terminal, indeed you can switch to emacs editing mode. For graphical applications, xdotool will work - it is not as distracting or slow as you fear, but it has its caveats. In addition, one would also need a way to disable the hotkey used to launch the xdotool script when a terminal is active.
– vanadium
Jun 15 at 14:52