On Linux, Control-C and Control-V don't work for copying and pasting in terminals. The Control modifier is used for its original purpose of inserting control codes. Instead, terminal apps require an extra Shift modifier, like Control+Shift+C. But what if there were hidden shortcut combos for copy and paste
  • audaxdreik@pawb.socialEnglish
    7·
    12 hours ago

    Tangentially related, the fact that Windows started making Ctrl+V “paste with formatting” the default and Ctrl+Shift+V “paste without formatting” is a crime against humanity. Of all the reasons I could hate Microsoft, this has gotta be somewhere in the top 5 I swear to god

      • pelya@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago
        • Printer drivers.
        • Corporate network domain blocking.
        • Each new version of MICROS~1 Office.
        • The lack of IPv6 everywhere.
      • audaxdreik@pawb.socialEnglish
        4·
        11 hours ago

        Hadn’t really thought it through, but it only seems fair to put the actual crimes against humanity (supporting Israel’s genocide) at number 1 at least.