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minus-squareHugging Stars@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoKinda curious why would X11 have that many clipboards to begin with. Different people implemented their personal macros perhaps…?
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoMiddle click was standard initially in Unix world, then Microsoft Office came with it’s Ctrl-C, and users now expect every text editor to support Ctrl-C to copy (and not abort the active command like all terminals do).
Kinda curious why would X11 have that many clipboards to begin with. Different people implemented their personal macros perhaps…?
Middle click was standard initially in Unix world, then Microsoft Office came with it’s Ctrl-C, and users now expect every text editor to support Ctrl-C to copy (and not abort the active command like all terminals do).