Clipboard paste on SHIFT-INSERT no longer works for me
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Fri May 2 12:36:29 GMT 2025
Also default enabled in ~/.minttyrc, ~/.config/mintty/config,
$APPDATA/mintty/config, /etc/minttyrc:
#ClipShortcuts=yes # Copy and Paste shortcuts Ctrl-Ins, Shift-Ins
On 2025年05月01日 14:30, Thomas Wolff via Cygwin wrote:
> Am 01.05.2025 um 18:57 schrieb Soren via Cygwin:
>> Just a brief follow-up. SHIFT-INSERT is still not working for me, but
>> I discovered by accident (like a lucky chimp writing Shakespear) that
>> an alternate-click with the mouse on the minTTY window allows a
>> "paste" option. So things aren't so bad. I do want this fixed, though!
> Mintty Options, keyboard tab, first setting in section Shortcuts, should be
> enabled to give you Shift+Insert.
> I suppose it's disabled for you, please check.
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM Soren <somian08@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello all.
>>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM Mark Geisert via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> No idea how things changed, but you can check and/or set MinTTY's
>>> behavior on the fly. Right-click on the title bar of a Cygwin Terminal
>>> window and select Options... In the Options dialog select Keys. See if
>>> what's shown there matches your needs. If not, check or uncheck at will
>>> and select Save to remember your updates.
>>>>>> Well, Mark, since I didn't change anything your suggestion, although
>>> reasonable, doesn't help. I checked all the settings anyhow.
>>> I hope I can find a solution soon. This is really causing me to have to work
>>> much harder.
>>>>>> Is there any other psuedo-tty that can be built and run under cygwin?
Pick from these:
vte2.91
gnome-terminal
lxterminal
mate-terminal
nautilus-open-terminal
qterminal
rxvt/-unicode
xfce4-terminal
xterm
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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