lucascr Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I would like to use ctrl-v to paste a text from the clipboard to a KDE (3.2) shell. I have assigned the shortcut but it doesn't seem to work. I know I couldl use the mouse (as actually I'm doing now) but I would prefer to use the keyboard. Any suggestions? Thanks. Luca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 not really a helpful reply but the whole ctrl+[v|c|x] thing is a windows relic that almost everybody who has computer experience has subconciously adopted. unfortunately not every linux developer agree on how interaction with the clipboard should really be handled/implemented, and thus not every program will respect those keyboard shortcuts. i have wasted your time, didn't i? ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucascr Posted April 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 ciao, and thanks for your reply. It didn't waste my time. I fully agree with your opinions, even the "windows relic" behavior for copying and pasting using the keyboard. Above all, it is the last reminiscent of the past :-)) but also we should agree that it is quite comfortable if you use a laptop and keep often your hands on the keyboard... Luca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Yeah and its actually not a bad key comination either .... I think its actually a hangover that MS copied from Apple ... just to complicate it! I wonder if you assigned it and saved the kde session ? You might need to do it and log out with restore enabled then restart kde.... Just a suggestion ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Just middle click the mouse (if you have only 2 mousebuttons, click both at the same time). See the swf demo on my site for more info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 I agree with artee.. Middle button is your best friend in terms of pasting. In fact, I use it so much that I sometimes do it in windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Actually, at work I have win2k and Unix through exceed - and sometimes when I have to do a lot of (non-regular) copy pasting, I just move the file over to the unix side, then do the editing, then move back to the win side (if I need to mail the file for instance..).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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