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0 pointsghosty1414mo ago0 comments

I mean ctrl+c/v is just muscle memory, obviously there are tons of other way but ctrl+c/v are just the default and the one everyone knows.

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ajross4mo ago

It depends on the semantics of "everyone" and "knows". The X11 selection bindings predate CUA clipboard usage by a few years, actually. But in any case, the contention was that they were simpler, not that they are standard. And they aren't.

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0 pointsghosty1414mo ago0 comments

I mean ctrl+c/v is just muscle memory, obviously there are tons of other way but ctrl+c/v are just the default and the one everyone knows.

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ajross4mo ago

It depends on the semantics of "everyone" and "knows". The X11 selection bindings predate CUA clipboard usage by a few years, actually. But in any case, the contention was that they were simpler, not that they are standard. And they aren't.

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