Is there a way to enable Windows CUA keys in Ubuntu?

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Published on 2010-04-21T20:41:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 20:44 UTC
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My years of habit in Windows have imprinted on me that Ctrl+X == Cut, Ctrl+C == Copy, and Ctrl+V == Paste everywhere (including Vim and Emacs). Now I've started using Ubuntu at work, and this has been the single biggest stumbling block so far. Can I somehow enable these shortcuts for all Ubuntu programs?

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