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Approximately 0% of terminal programs use control-c as copy. Conventions depend on context. "Control-C sends SIGINT" has been a standard for longer than "Cont

Approximately 0% of terminal programs use control-c as copy. Conventions depend on context. "Control-C sends SIGINT" has been a standard for longer than "Control-C means copy".

Houshalter 9y ago
I'm well aware of that and the historical reasons that it's the case. I'm just using it as an example of breaking well established patterns that screw new users.
- boxfire 9y ago
  ^C as copy is an example of breaking well established patterns that screw new users. Its THE canonical example in fact.
  - Houshalter 9y ago
    I really don't care who is responsible or which came first. I'm only pointing out the inconsistency and the problems it causes.
    - wruza 9y ago
      Don't worry, in few years new bindings will be familiar to new people straight from their birth date. Then they will complain about changes and you'll tell them that changes were made long before.
      - majewsky 9y ago
        Shortly after the introduction of the first generation of brain-computer interfaces: "Why do I have to think of Ctrl-C to copy text in this program? All the other programs have me think of a banana to copy a selection!"
  - photojosh 9y ago
    ^C is SIGINT. ⌘C is copy. I blame Microsoft.
    - isostatic 9y ago
      Didn't Ms"S use to use CTRL-Ins or similar?
      - JdeBP 9y ago
        The name that you want to look up is Common User Access.
        photojosh 9y ago
        Well TIL, thanks! Interesting to know the history. (I still have a few Windows apps we use at work that use these standards; good to know they actually were a standard.)