Every time one of the shortcuts below does something else than the Notepad equivalent, God kills a kitten. This has to stop. Now.

Common Commands

        • Ctrl+X cut
        • Ctrl+C copy
        • Ctrl+V paste

        • Ctrl+Z undo
        • Ctrl+Y redo

        • Ctrl+O open…
        • Ctrl+S save
        • Ctrl+Q quit

        • Ctrl+F find…
        • Ctrl+H find and replace…
        • F3 Shift+F3 next / previous

Note:
        • Ctrl+Shift+* shortcuts are not terminal-proof. Avoid them.
        • Ctrl+[S|Q] might be caught by your terminal emulator (XON|XOFF)

Selection and caret movements

        • Shift+[arrow] start selection and move caret

        • Ctrl+[left|right] move to previous|next word
        • Ctrl+[backspace|delete] erase previous|next word
        • Ctrl+[home|end] move to beginning|end of document

Terminal-friendly alternatives:

        • Ctrl+Space, [arrow] start selection and move caret

        • Alt+[left|right] move to previous|next word
        • Alt+[backspace|delete] erase previous|next word
        • Alt+[home|end] move to beginning|end of document

The gnupad manifesto

The “gnupad” idea is to save kittens by emulating these standard / Notepad-like shortcuts in the three main CLI editors:

• Emacs now implements a CUA mode but it only affects Ctrl+[z|x|c|v]
  — notepad.el adds support for the other shortcuts and for Shift+[arrow] selections;
• Vim already has Notepad-like settings like mswin.vim or evim
  — notepad.vim extends them with a few keyboard shortcuts;
• nano is the editor that most beginners use
  — it’s more than time to use standard shortcuts instead of the pico ones.

Expected benefits

• You’ll get used to standard keyboard shortcuts, so you won’t look like a idiot any more when you have to write two lines with Notepad / Office / whatever.
• Yo mamma will be able to use Emacs / Vim / nano. Well, not Vim — this one is for real men (or patented nerds, I dunno).
• Bringing the power of Notepad to Emacs and nano. Yeah, that’s a remarkable improvement.
• You won’t pollute your brain with idiotic shortcuts if you have to use another editor for some shameful reason.
• Enlarge your productivity. Save kittens.

Limitations

• Emacs:
  • F3 Shift+F3 are not implemented
  • Ctrl+Y are not implemented because the undo/redo stack sucks like hell (help wanted!)
• Vim:
  • there’s no limitation with Vim, only possibilities.
• nano:
  • Alt|Ctrl+[arrows] caret movements are not implemented
  • Shift+[arrow] selections don’t work, use Ctrl+Space, [arrow] instead
  • the 'undo' feature is still experimental

License

WTFPL license. Use at your own risk.