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Are you using wsl because AutoHotkey doesn't work on Linux...

Back when I was on Windows I used to have ctrl-c, ctrl-v mapped to F1 and F2 keys (using AHK). Why they don't have dedicated keys I don't know

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I'm on Windows 10. When I'm using it in Linux, it's via SSH through Mobaxterm, which is a fantastic and free Windows shell manager.

are you using it for remotely accessing linux boxes? mintty+wsl-bridge aka wsltty has really come a long way in a short time, and i'm beginning to use it even for remote work alongside using it for wsl. call me shallow but it really boils down to it looking far, far better when staring at a vim buffer for hours...

i absolutely love mobaxterm, but there's alot of cases where it seems like overkill for my purposes. that being said, nothing beats mobax when it comes to a stupid easy X server for windows. vcxserv and x410 are both nice and getting nicer, but you gotta sit down and work out kinks to make either one really useful

Yup, logging into web servers at work. I haven't messed with WSL much except for having a local Linux environment for local work. I have a home server for anything more serious than that such as hard drive recoveries and the like. I discovered Mobaxterm some years back and have stuck with it. It really is nice. While it may be overkill, I've had to do things like open up RDP on multiple boxes and wow... it Just Works. It's a hidden gem.

mobaxterm helped me get serious about security when i ran the ssh server once and used the easy menu options to view who was knocking on my doors, and... man. people think the robocallers are persistent...

i did a little screenshot ( https://i.imgur.com/HndJDqg.png ) to demonstrate how far WSL has come - though i must admit i am using the paid ($10) 'pengwin/wlinux' distro that was built specifically for WSL, basically debian with some tweaks and a config menu not unlike the 'raspi-config' menu on an RPi. i would say that it has absolutely been worth it though. it will be some time before being able to install something from a debian repository, and then open it from my windows start menu, ceases to just leave me in awe.

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