On 09/02/2013 12:13 AM, SJS wrote: > I'd argue that this is not an _industry_ standard, only a _Microsoft_ > standard. And if I wanted the Microsoft UX, I'd use Microsoft Windows, > thankyouverymuch. > If i am not completely mistaken, this precedes MS Windows. I do not really bother using Windows myself (other than at work), but this key combination used to be standard already on Motif based applications on commercial UNIX varieties. Let's not forget that it is a standard also for anything qt, gtk+, Gnome, and KDE. This is what actually counts.
> I'd further argue that ^C/^V/^X are _not_ something the window manager > should touch without explicit user direction, because control-keys are > used by applications. A window manager that intercepts, for example, > control-C will very quickly end up being deleted from any system I have > administrative access to or policy control over. > Window Maker uses its own widget set and which would have to implement this feature, not the window manager. And i would always expect to see ctrl-c being hardcoded to copy, ctrl-v to paste, ctrl-x to cut, etc. Uniformity is good practice for user interface design, and currently only Window Maker's own WINGs widget set fails in this regard, while all the further above mentioned ones do comply. I don't want to bother arguing about such things, because this only adds pointless noise. Unfortunately my skill set doesn't provide me with the practical knowledge to provide the required code, so i'll better shut up now. I assume that i have made my point, and those who are able to hear me and which are also capable to put it into code will do the right thing. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
