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Re:Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux by Dwedit on Friday August 15, 2025 @03:42AM (#44909630)
Ctrl+Ins, Shift+Ins, Shift+Del are the traditional shortcut keys that predate Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X. They still work on many Windows programs.
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Re:Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux by weinzierl on Friday August 15, 2025 @02:47PM (#44916097)
The problem is not the lack of alternatives but the embrace, extend and extinguish of established Ctrl-Key combination standards.

I am not angry at Microsoft because that is what they do. I am disappointed of Linux that it followed suit.

Besides that, every Mac has Ctrl and Option, the vast majority of users does not have dedicated Ins and Del anymore and I doubt they know how to use the Fn combos for that.

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