On December 4, 2004 07:31 pm, Doug Way wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> > On December 4, 2004 12:27 pm, Doug Way wrote:
> > <<snip>>
> >
> >> I am sensing a groundswell of support for dupMain. :)
> >>
> >> dupMain is already implemented as the duplicateControlAndAltKeys
> >> preference.  I kind of assumed this pref was actually losing the
> >> original 8 "Upper-case command keys" (as the help/command-key help
> >> describes them).  Such as cmd-V which displays author initials.  But
> >> it
> >> looks like these are actually already available with the ctrl-shift
> >> modifier.  So, ctrl-shift-v works right now to paste author initials.
> >> (At least it works on Mac OS X, can anyone confirm for Linux &
> >> Windows?)
> >
> > Tested both on Linux and Windows, with duplicateControlAndAltKeys "on":
> > 	Copy/Paste:   both Ctrl-C/V and Alt-C/V
> > 	Paste Initials:  both Ctrl+Shift-V and Alt+Shift-V
>
> Exact same behavior on Mac OS X, so the key binding modifiers seem to
> work consistently.
>
> What do Linux apps typically use for copy/paste key bindings these
> days, anyway?  Ctrl-C/V?  

It depends on the desktop environment. I have been only using KDE for a long 
time and it uses Ctrl-C/V. Gnome I assume, still uses Alt-C/V (not sure about 
other desktop environments on Linux). So the duplicateControlAndAltKeys 
default to "on" would seem to satisfy many ...

> I remember using some sort of middle mouse
> click in X11 apps to copy/paste, but that was quite a while ago.
>
> Anyway, if a Linux user like Ned likes dupMain, at least that shows
> that it's useful for more than just Windows users.  I switch between
> Windows & Mac quite a bit, and occasionally find myself trying Ctrl-C
> to copy text in Squeak on the Mac...
>
> - Doug