Cut+Copy+and+Paste

Cut Copy and Paste toc

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= Description =

In [|human-computer interaction], **cut and paste** and **copy and paste** offer [|user-interface] interaction techniques for transferring text, [|data], [|files] or [|objects] from a source to a destination. Most ubiquitously, users require the ability to cut and paste sections of [|plain text]. This interaction technique has close associations with [|graphical user interfaces] that use [|pointing devices] such as a [|computer mouse] (by [|drag and drop], for example).

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= Uses for the technology =

Moving digital objects from one location to another, replicating them and removing them entirely with these functions.

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= Elementary commands =

control-K (to end of line) || [|meta]-W (to mark) || control-Y || = =
 * ~  ||~ Cut ||~ Copy ||~ Paste ||
 * ~ Generic/Apple || command-X || command-C || command-V ||
 * ~ Windows/GNOME/KDE || control-X / shift-Delete || control-C / control-Insert || control-V / shift-Insert ||
 * ~ BeOS || alt-X || alt-C || alt-V ||
 * ~ Common User Access || shift+Delete || control+Insert || shift+Insert ||
 * ~ Emacs || control-W (to mark)
 * ~ vi || d (delete) || y (yank) || p (put) ||
 * ~ X Window System ||  || click-and-drag to highlight || middle mouse button ||

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= External links =

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