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Ummm... copy and paste?

by ibgeek 19y ago

kirubakaran 19y ago
Mac supposedly allows you to drag&drop code without explicit copy&paste.
- ibgeek 19y ago
  That may be true but that is such a minor thing. I use OS X and Linux... definitely not something that ever makes a difference.
- utx00 19y ago
  you don't mind not having page-up/page-down keys?
  - curi 19y ago
    macs do have page up and page down keys
    - alex_c 19y ago
      Really? http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/15839.jpg http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/15839.jpg
      - rksprst 19y ago
        Yes really, look at the up and down arrow keys.
        utx00 19y ago
        what i meant is a dedicated key that when pressed will trigger a page-up/page-down event. on the mac you have to press a modifier key to make it go. most of the time this is ok (and i don't really mind it whilst in emacs ctrl-v/meta-v are basically the same thing) except that you can press ctrl-pageup/down on firefox to toggle the tabs. on the mac you have to press ctrl-mod-pageup/down ... same goes for gnome-terminal. i don't feel like turning my fingers into a pretzel for no good reason.
  - akkartik 19y ago
    Yeah, not having home/end, pgup/dn, is a huge pain in the butt. I never realized how much I used them for navigating within textboxes. Especially in combination with shift and control. In general expect to spend a good amount of time reacclimatizing on keybindings when going from PC to mac worlds. I find myself constantly guessing what modifier (shift, fn, cmd, ctrl, alt) to replace in this keybinding to get it to work.
spydez 19y ago
Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V isn't exactly the same thing as drag 'n' drop...
- ibgeek 19y ago
  On my Macbook, my windows often always overlap because the resolution just isn't high enough to "stretch out." So, I find that dragging and dropping is actually more difficult due to having to switch windows.
- SwellJoe 19y ago
  Select, middle mouse button click is copy and paste where I come from, and it's lack is the single most uncomfortable aspect of working in Windows or Mac OS X for me.

Ummm... copy and paste?

by ibgeek 19y ago

Ummm... copy and paste?

kirubakaran 19y ago

Mac supposedly allows you to drag&drop code without explicit copy&paste.

ibgeek 19y ago
That may be true but that is such a minor thing. I use OS X and Linux... definitely not something that ever makes a difference.
utx00 19y ago
you don't mind not having page-up/page-down keys?
- curi 19y ago
  macs do have page up and page down keys
  - alex_c 19y ago
    Really? http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/15839.jpg http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/15839.jpg
    - rksprst 19y ago
      Yes really, look at the up and down arrow keys.
      - utx00 19y ago
        what i meant is a dedicated key that when pressed will trigger a page-up/page-down event. on the mac you have to press a modifier key to make it go. most of the time this is ok (and i don't really mind it whilst in emacs ctrl-v/meta-v are basically the same thing) except that you can press ctrl-pageup/down on firefox to toggle the tabs. on the mac you have to press ctrl-mod-pageup/down ... same goes for gnome-terminal. i don't feel like turning my fingers into a pretzel for no good reason.
- akkartik 19y ago
  Yeah, not having home/end, pgup/dn, is a huge pain in the butt. I never realized how much I used them for navigating within textboxes. Especially in combination with shift and control. In general expect to spend a good amount of time reacclimatizing on keybindings when going from PC to mac worlds. I find myself constantly guessing what modifier (shift, fn, cmd, ctrl, alt) to replace in this keybinding to get it to work.

spydez 19y ago

Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V isn't exactly the same thing as drag 'n' drop...

ibgeek 19y ago
On my Macbook, my windows often always overlap because the resolution just isn't high enough to "stretch out." So, I find that dragging and dropping is actually more difficult due to having to switch windows.
SwellJoe 19y ago
Select, middle mouse button click is copy and paste where I come from, and it's lack is the single most uncomfortable aspect of working in Windows or Mac OS X for me.