Emacs kill and yank on the same hotkey.

(defun kill-ring-save-or-yank (&optional arg)
  "Kills region if you marked anything, yanks if you didn't"
  (interactive)
  (cond ((use-region-p)
     (call-interactively 'kill-ring-save))
    ((eq last-command 'yank)
     (call-interactively 'yank-pop))
    (t
     (call-interactively 'yank))))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-w") 'kill-ring-save-or-yank) ;; change "M-w" to something else if you prefer it. "M-" means "Alt+", "C-" means "Ctrl+", "s-" means "Win+"