Re: Windows I/f

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Fri, 11 Feb 1994 13:48:26 +0100

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> Not being a Windows cognoscente, I was a bit surprised at the
> interface of the interpreter, especially as far as the Edit menu is
> concerned.
>
> I have not been able to figure out how the Mark option works.
> Somehow, I would also have preferred if the Cut/Copy & Paste
> had the Macintosh/WinWord key bindings, viz. ^X, ^C & ^V.
> (These I find more `teachable' than the Borland-like? Ctrl-Ins &
> Shift-Ins. ;-)

Well don't point at me... These bindings are defined by the Microsoft
QuickWin library and from the docs I haven't seen a way to override
them. But I am in close comm with some Windows wizards who may
(emphasis on *may*) find a way around this for me...

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