Method to suppress the default CTRL+C/CTRL+V mapping specifically for WSL; profile-specific keybindings?

[davea1]

Editor's Note (@DHowett-MSFT): This may be a good place to track profile-specific keybindings?

With the classic Windows terminal, Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v can be used for copy and paste when working within a Windows shell just as I would expect/prefer. However, when using WSL, this is typically not the case and those keys are available for use by Linux applications such as Vim.

How can I replicate this same behavior with the new Windows Terminal?

Background:
When working specifically within the WSL environment, Vim is my primary editor and the presence of any Ctrl+v mapping effectively blocks the use of blockwise Visual mode (http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/visual.html#CTRL-V).

Removal of these mappings in a global scope is undesirable since I do not want to lose the use of Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v for copy and paste when working within a Windows shell.

I realize that similar issues have been discussed at length and that any choice here is somewhat of a compromise, but the ability to replicate the current behavior of the classic Windows terminal in this regard is a tradeoff that I find acceptable/desirable.

[davea1]

This issue is somewhat related to: #5641

[DHowett-MSFT]

Maybe what we need is profile-specific keybindings. I'm surprised we don't have a workitem for that.

[davea1]

@DHowett-MSFT This was actually what I had considered as the most obvious solution to this issue, but simply wanted to leave it up to the developers to choose whatever path they were the most comfortable with. Thanks!

[adamjstewart]

For the vim Ctrl+V use case, would it be possible to do something similar to what we do for Ctrl+C?

Proposed Behavior

Ctrl+C:

1. When text is selected, copy the text
2. When no text is selected, send the SIGINT signal to terminate an application

Ctrl+V:

1. When in vim insert mode, paste copied text
2. When in vim normal mode, use blockwise visual mode

Possible Workaround

Is there any way to remap the behavior of Ctrl+V in my .vimrc to produce the desired effect right now?

[motosir]

For the vim Ctrl+V use case, would it be possible to do something similar to what we do for Ctrl+C?

Proposed Behavior

Ctrl+C:

1. When _text is selected_, copy the text

2. When _no text is selected_, send the SIGINT signal to terminate an application

Ctrl+V:

1. When in vim _insert_ mode, paste copied text

2. When in vim _normal_ mode, use blockwise visual mode

Possible Workaround

Is there any way to remap the behavior of Ctrl+V in my .vimrc to produce the desired effect right now?

is it possible for terminal to detect if vim is running/current vim mode?