Re: [XBoard-devel] Copy - Paste

[Eric Mullins]

h.g. muller wrote:
> I am getting increasingly unhappy with the assignment of accelerator keys
> for copy and paste in previous WinBoard versions. The currently used keys
> are Alt + C/V (Games) and Alt + Shift + C/V (Positions).
>
> These Alt codes are non-standard, and the use of them here makes it 
> much more
> difficult to make a logical and systematic assignment in other places. 
> Normally
> Ctrl + C/V would be used.
I agree.  It's both non-standard, and difficult to type.  I mentioned 
this issue in May, btw.
> Only in copying it is needed to tell WinBoard if it should copy the 
> game or position
> to the clipboard. In line with the convention "shiftd = position, 
> unshifted = game"
> the command for Copy Position could then be migrated to Ctrl + Shift + 
> C .
> For pasting WinBoard is smart enough to see if a game or a postion is 
> on the
> clipboard, although for symmetry we coul allow both Ctrl + V and Ctrl 
> + Shift + V
> to be universal paste commands.
What about using Ctrl-C for both?  Impossible?  Here's an idea: pick one 
to be the default, probably game, or some user setting.  A 2nd Ctrl-C 
would then do the position.  I haven't ever seen anything like this in 
UI guidelines, but my tired old fingers could sure use that 
convenience.  For implementation, you'd just generate the game, and 
compare it against the current clipboard contents.  If identicale, 
generate the position instead.  The menu would still offer either.
> Would users lynch us if we stop supporting the Alt + C/V accelerators 
> for copy
> and paste?
Can't answer that, though it's hard to believe people would be upset at 
using EASIER keystrokes for this purpose.