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by j_m_b 668 days ago
Gnome-tweaks + customization of terminal shortcuts is what I currently use on Ubuntu for when I need to run a Linux desktop. If key bindings could be read from a file, it would be a nice leap forward. A GUI could be built up on top of that. You could just have your key bindings in ~/.cosmicrc or ~/config/cosmic/keybindings.
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KDE's configuration are in config files[0], with a GUI built on top. I'm not sure how it could be any different.

The problem is to make applications (and TTYs!) that don't know about those config files and implement their own text input systems or use frameworks or SDKs that bypass the DE's settings. I can't see how Cosmic would fix that.

I hope I'm wrong and the Linux desktop experience is better off for it, but I'm skeptical.

[0] https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Configura...