Public bug reported:
In GUI applications CTRL-C is conventionally/typically associated with the
"Copy" command (as in copy-paste).
In CLI applications CTRL-C is conventionally/typically associated wit hthe
"Abort" command (as in abort current command/program).
Inside the Synaptic package manager (which is, of course, a GUI
application) there is a special progress form which as an embedded
console in it. Within this embedded console one can see all the messages
printed during the installation process for each individual package.
Further, it's possible to select text inside this console. Now, comes
the question: What is the most intuitive thing to do when the user
presses CTRL-C while viewing this form?
1) Copy the current text to clipboard?
2) Abort the installation of the current package and continue with the next one?
3) Abort the entire installation process?
The current answer is 2) but I'm not sure that's the least confusing or
best choice.
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Basically, what just happened to me was that I selected some text inside
this console and pressed CTRL-C. This way I was able to do this partial
installation (some random package which was current installation was
aborted etc).
This was a bad user experience for me.
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Suggested ways of fixing this (might be better way of course):
1) Show a dialog box asking of the user really wants the abort the installation
of the package currently being installed.
2) Make CTRL-C copy the selected text instead.
3) Make CTRL-C do nothing.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Uncomfortable keybinding in synaptic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140008
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