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All Linux and Windows OS follow the IBM CUA standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access)

All Linux and Windows OS follow the IBM CUA standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access). All of them honor Ctrl+Insert for copy and Shift+Insert for paste. This will work on browsers, editors , shells, etc. FYI this will also work on Windows XP cmd. Linux has its own set of standards that has evolved to work on keyboards that do not have the super modifier (e.g. in India), but has far more consistency built into it that the Mac

maratc 7y ago
The problem with the Insert key is it's nowhere to be found on 99% of the laptops, thus rendering the IBM CUA standard moot.
- walshemj 7y ago
  I just looked down at my Dell lap top and found the insert key with no problem
  - zapzupnz 7y ago
    > It works for me!
- sandGorgon 7y ago
  Actually it's the other way. 99% of laptops have an insert key. MacBook and it's wannabes (xiaomi,etc) are the only ones that dont.
  - maratc 7y ago
    This way or another, the IBM standard was authored in 1980s with major IBM systems (mainly MS-DOS and OS/2) in mind, and it has not aged nicely. Windows mostly went its own way. Keys like F1-F10, PrtScn, PgUp/PgDn have never been easy to find or use on laptops (or anywhere except 101-key keyboards). Start or Win modifier key, on the contrary, is universal, but Linux ignores it for the most part. The only consistent system around is Mac OS X, where Cmd-C is universal copy, Ctrl-C stops the current program in terminal, Cmd-V is universal paste, Ctrl-V opens a vertical block in Vim, Ctrl-A goes to the beginning of the line, and Cmd-A selects all. This works anywhere, from browser to terminal.
    - sandGorgon 7y ago
      i have a Dell XPS 13 - its smaller than a macbook air. It has an insert key. Whether you like it or not is your prerogative entirely. However, it is not true that Linux and Windows dont have a standard. They do. And the keys are universal (where universal has a different connotation to your usecase - we are talking non-Western countries and hardware that includes weird little keyboard to debug airplane display units) You are fully entitled your choice+opinion whether you prefer a different one.
      - maratc 7y ago
        > Linux and Windows [do] have a standard. The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. This of course says nothing about whether this particular standard fits you. For me, having to keep a flag in mind whether I'm working in a terminal application (with one set of shortcuts), or GUI application (with a different set of shortcuts), is not acceptable, if I can have a setup where the same set works everywhere.
jay_kyburz 7y ago
I've been using windows for 30 years and didn't know about Ctrl and Shift-Insert

maratc 7y ago

The problem with the Insert key is it's nowhere to be found on 99% of the laptops, thus rendering the IBM CUA standard moot.

walshemj 7y ago
I just looked down at my Dell lap top and found the insert key with no problem
- zapzupnz 7y ago
  > It works for me!
sandGorgon 7y ago
Actually it's the other way. 99% of laptops have an insert key. MacBook and it's wannabes (xiaomi,etc) are the only ones that dont.
- maratc 7y ago
  This way or another, the IBM standard was authored in 1980s with major IBM systems (mainly MS-DOS and OS/2) in mind, and it has not aged nicely. Windows mostly went its own way. Keys like F1-F10, PrtScn, PgUp/PgDn have never been easy to find or use on laptops (or anywhere except 101-key keyboards). Start or Win modifier key, on the contrary, is universal, but Linux ignores it for the most part. The only consistent system around is Mac OS X, where Cmd-C is universal copy, Ctrl-C stops the current program in terminal, Cmd-V is universal paste, Ctrl-V opens a vertical block in Vim, Ctrl-A goes to the beginning of the line, and Cmd-A selects all. This works anywhere, from browser to terminal.
  - sandGorgon 7y ago
    i have a Dell XPS 13 - its smaller than a macbook air. It has an insert key. Whether you like it or not is your prerogative entirely. However, it is not true that Linux and Windows dont have a standard. They do. And the keys are universal (where universal has a different connotation to your usecase - we are talking non-Western countries and hardware that includes weird little keyboard to debug airplane display units) You are fully entitled your choice+opinion whether you prefer a different one.
    - maratc 7y ago
      > Linux and Windows [do] have a standard. The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. This of course says nothing about whether this particular standard fits you. For me, having to keep a flag in mind whether I'm working in a terminal application (with one set of shortcuts), or GUI application (with a different set of shortcuts), is not acceptable, if I can have a setup where the same set works everywhere.

jay_kyburz 7y ago

I've been using windows for 30 years and didn't know about Ctrl and Shift-Insert