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Sometimes when I need ctrl+C, I really need ctrl+C right now. Being able to immediately cancel whatever stupidity I just typed is a very valuable thing.
by DuskStar 8y ago
Sometimes when I need ctrl+C, I really need ctrl+C right now. Being able to immediately cancel whatever stupidity I just typed is a very valuable thing.
- deckar01 8y ago> If the use case needs to be inverted, make it a user preference.
- DuskStar 8y agoFair enough. This might be a case of https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/
- OJFord 8y agoWhich came first on Windows Clipboard UX is a bit of a mess on Linux, but notably on macOS copy is Cmd+C and SIGINT Ctrl+C, so this isn't an issue at all.
- int_19h 8y agoThe conflict long predates Windows. Ctrl+C to interrupt was inherited from TOPS (via DOS and CP/M). Ctrl+C to copy selected text was introduced on Xerox PARC, the granddaddy of all modern UIs. In DOS, some text-mode UI apps were already using it, although IBM CUA was more common.