• Hugging Stars@programming.dev
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    18 days ago

    Kinda curious why would X11 have that many clipboards to begin with. Different people implemented their personal macros perhaps…?

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      18 days ago

      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).