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Idea #26801: Make Ctrl key in Ubuntu work correctly

Written by LordJorma the 26 Dec 10 at 19:01. Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com. Category: Ideas/comments moderation. Status: New
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My thing is this, i try to copy something "not just one thing but few, Ctrl key pushed" i actually can do it in Pics (most often), Music (most often), Movies (most often), Other files (most often), but when i go and open a text file, then it depends on the program.
And the problem is that some programs actually can do this (not in right order tho) and some cant.

i got 2 Questions on those who actually create Ubuntu (thank you for your work) but...
Q.1 is that, can you make the Ctrl key work in the Ubuntu everywhere not just in "some programs"? Q.2 and can you try to make it so that in everything ppl copy (with ctrl pushed) can be paste'd in same order that they were copied?

I mean that if you need to copy+paste text that you could do it word by word in your chosen order?

Lets say i got text:
"i love my mom and i love my dad and still i got love for some ubuntu"

I could first copy word mom then dad then love and paste that that would paste text "mom dad love" so that the Ctrl knows in witch order you copyed them?

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Solution #2: Ctrl+Shift + C/V: special copy/paste
Written by adnt the 27 Dec 10 at 20:28.
I think the behaviour you comment suits using the mouse but in text mode use Ctrl is vastly used for other hotkeys.

I suggest a kind of spreadsheet "special copy/paste" function based on a buffer:

1st you copy something with Ctrl+C
2nd you want to copy a second selection and you use Ctrl+Shift+C. This add the 2nd selection to a buffer
3rd Ctrl+Shift+C add the 3rd selection to a buffer

Ctrl+C restarts the buffer (?) as normal copy

-Ctrl+V paste 1st selection
-Ctrl+Shift+V changes to 2nd selection. Ctrl+V pastes 2nd selection
-Ctrl+Shift+V changes to 3rd selection. Ctrl+V pastes 3rd selection
-Ctrl+Shift+V changes to 1st selection. Ctrl+V pastes 1st selection

Or something like that... this only let copy/paste three elements but it could be sufficient. At this moment I dunno if Ctrl+Shift+V, Ctrl+Shift+C is suitable, for example in terminal it's used for normal copy-pasting...

Propose your solution

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cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 27 Dec 10 at 03:54
Which programs can, and which cannot?

Darwin Survivor (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 3 Jan 11 at 08:53
I know you can't change it now, but having a title like this "implying that it is currently broken" and then suggesting a radical change to the way data is copied and pasted is not only confusing for some, but does not follow the "idea" vs "solution" design of brainstorm.

Darwin Survivor (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 3 Jan 11 at 08:54
Oh, one other thing, for #2 those combos are used in console since Ctrl+c is the kill combo so Ctrl+Shift+c and Ctrl+Shift+v are already taken when using a terminal window.

adnt wrote on the 5 Jan 11 at 01:31
Yes, this trouble is commented in the solution #2


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