Re: Shift-Insert and primary selection

2014-03-28 Thread John Emmas
On 28/03/2014 03:38, William Swanson wrote: Before ctrl+c and ctrl+v were standardized, a lot of old MS-DOS software used ctrl-insert for copy and shift-insert for paste. I'm surprised these old shortcuts are still supported. Most Windows programs still support them and it's probably a good t

Re: Shift-Insert and primary selection

2014-03-27 Thread William Swanson
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 5:22 AM, Michael wrote: > I would like to know, why would GTK use Shift-Insert to paste clipboard. This > is not standard: any other program would use it to paste X primary selection. > And it breaks interaction with some things, most often terminal emulators. Ah, this bri

Shift-Insert and primary selection

2014-03-27 Thread Michael
Hello, I would like to know, why would GTK use Shift-Insert to paste clipboard. This is not standard: any other program would use it to paste X primary selection. And it breaks interaction with some things, most often terminal emulators. Say, you have a terminal emulator that allows you to select