does rxvt support cut and paste?

Andrew DeFaria Andrew@DeFaria.com
Thu Mar 24 19:48:00 GMT 2005


Dave Korn wrote:

>> Normally Shift-Insert will (Standard Windows conventions...)
>
> No, that's not "standard windows conventions"! The 'doze conventions 
> are Ctrl+X/C/V for cut/copy/paste.
>
> Shift+Ins/Del is the *MS-DOS* convention, as seen in such classic and 
> historical programs as 'ed'.....

I refer you to 
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard/keyboardresults.asp?Product=2 
which clearly shows SHIFT+INSERT (search for that) as a standard way to 
paste (as well as CTRL+V). That MS-DOS may have also supported that is 
irrelevant really.

Interestingly though MS lists keyboard short cuts for the various 
flavors of Windows - 98, 2000, XP, 2003. Some list SHIFT+INSERT as paste 
right along side of CTRL+V (98, 2000), some don't list it at all (XP) 
and 2003 lists them separately. In practice however CTRL+V == 
SHIFT-INSERT. YMMV.

And, most importantly to the OP, SHIFT-INSERT works with rxvt.
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