http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1837/
[-24 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1837


[2 votes] Solution #2: warning on first use of Ctrl+C/V


]]> en-us Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:21:49 +0000 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:44:31 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1837/ See Edit->Keyboard shortcuts to change this to your own liking.]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:24:59 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:25:39 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:26:23 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:27:26 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:30:43 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:31:13 +0000 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:27:11 +0000 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:01:39 +0000 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:33:56 +0000 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:43:38 +0000
please keep +C killing foreground programs]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:56:44 +0000 gconf-editor > apps > gnome-terminal > keybindings > look for copy and paste > right-click > edit key > delete ]]> Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:37:47 +0000
Ubuntu is based on Linux, Linux is based on Unix and one of the reasons that is good is because that means Ubuntu can run a huge number of terminal based programs. It has been convention for MANY MANY years that these programs use CTRL+C to exit. It's not as much "a bunch of old timers are unwilling to change thier ways" as no-one wants to...
A) Rewrite tens/hundreds of thousands of old apps
B) Confuse the f*** out of everyone who's already knows Unix/Linux.
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1st: Closing windows from the keyboard is something i never do. Ever.

2nd: I copy/paste/select all from the keyboard exclusively.

3rd: Copy/Paste is something i use all the time, and so it should be easy to use. Adding another button to it does not make it easy to use. In fact, its unlikely at this stage that i can even unlearn it. Ctrl C Ctrl V Ctrl A it's how i've always done things.

4th: Linux is prospering in great part because of converted Windows users, and treating them like idiots is very unLinux.

5th: I'd be more than willing to override ctrl+c and get rid of the close app shortcut alltogether, which since this isn't Windows anymore, can certainly be done.

6th: I used windows for 10 years. I program games and audio software. I am familiar with 6 programming languages. I'm not a noob by any definition of the word. I never used ctrl+c to kill an app because i was a windows user.

I was told that Linux was a joint effort and it was all about working together to improve the software. Though i'm not surprised to see mindless posting, it does make me sad.

If i have to, i'll hack the input controls and make this happen, even if i have to have a custom keyboard mapping script running all the time.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:43 +0000
Ctrl+C does not close the window, it only sends a signal to the program running in the terminal. In normal programs it copies text. The same thing appears under MS-DOS.
Under Windows : launch cmd, type "ping google.com", press Enter, press Ctrl+C. Congratulations, it's the first time you killed an app under windows with ctrl+c.

In gnome-terminal i don't know how to select text with the keyboard. I always select with the mouse.

You don't need to hack the input controls, create a custom keyboard or recompile your kernel while dancing around the computer, just read the second line of the first comment.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:44:31 +0000