«

Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?

They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
time.
~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law

Roedy Green <> wrote:
> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.

Don't think it is possible...

Even if it were, then whatever other letters (with Ctrl) would
get the Copy and Paste functionality, they might conflict with
some appliation's use for that respective other key.

E.g., if you set Copy to Ctrl-J and Paste to Ctrl-K and maybe
even Cut to Ctrl-Q, then you may run into problems with apps
that use Ctrl-Q,J,K for other stuff.

On 1/24/2013 7:23 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?

Within a Java GUI it should be easy.

It will not be as easy to outside of the Java GUI. And Java will
not be the right language to hook into the OS/WM/GUI framework.

> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.

But it is what people expect.

Arne

On 1/24/13 4:23 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
>
> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.
>
FWIW, on the Mac it is Command-C/V, which is more convenient since
Command is a thumb-pressed key, not a pinky-pressed. This is true for
most hot keys.

The equivalent on a PC would be pressing the Alt key for most hot-keys.

Having said that, a lot of applications allow you to remap hot keys, but
it is per application. No global solution that I know of. Probably
could be done.

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:23:53 AM UTC-6, Roedy Green wrote:
> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
>
> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
>
>
>
> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.
>
> --
>
> Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
>
> The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
>
> The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
>
> time.
>
> ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law

I used to use right-clicking on stuff to Copy/Paste in Windows. Or the menu bar. Or the copy and paste icons.

Sometimes if I don't like a hotkey, I'll use a Macro program, and I'll tell it to generate the Control C keystroke if I hit F12 or something. There's a program called AutoHotkey for Windows that might do that.

In article <>,
Roedy Green <> wrote:

> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other
> keystrokes besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or
> Windows entirely?
>
> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.

You can augment or replace the default key binding for a
particular text component's "copy" and "paste" actions:

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html>

I've never tried to make a wholesale change.

--
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

On 01/24/2013 12:16 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> On 1/24/13 4:23 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
>> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
>> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
>>
>> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.
>>
> FWIW, on the Mac it is Command-C/V, which is more convenient since
> Command is a thumb-pressed key, not a pinky-pressed. This is true for
> most hot keys.
[ SNIP ]

I am an extremely fast two-fingered typist...to me it doesn't matter.

AHS

On 1/24/13 11:20 AM, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 12:16 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
>> On 1/24/13 4:23 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
>>> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
>>>
>>> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.
>>>
>> FWIW, on the Mac it is Command-C/V, which is more convenient since
>> Command is a thumb-pressed key, not a pinky-pressed. This is true for
>> most hot keys.
> [ SNIP ]
>
> I am an extremely fast two-fingered typist...to me it doesn't matter.
>
> AHS
>
It's not always about speed. Comfort is part of it as well. I can type
really fast with two fingers (thanks to apple iP{hone,ad,od}). My wrist
gets tired doing so for long stretches.

Roedy Green <> writes:

> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
>
> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.

This is a good thing. Programmers should not copy/paste on a regular
basis.

But on Windows I normally use control-insert/shift-insert anyway. No
need to reconfigure anything, it already works. That's the key marked
"Ins", just left of the home key.

--
Jim Janney

Jim Janney wrote:
> Roedy Green writes:
>> Is it possible to reconfigure copy paste to some other keystrokes
>> besides ctrl-C ctrl-V either within Java or Windows entirely?
>
>> They are quite inconveniently placed in a dsk layout.
>
> This is a good thing. Programmers should not copy/paste on a regular
> basis.

Ridiculous assertion.

I'm a programmer, and a good one at that, and I copy/paste dozens or hundreds
of times a day.

Code.

--
Lew