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Can't use ctrl-c to copy text in Vim binding mode #773
Description
Current behavior
I just switched from old Boostnote, and found I can's use ctrl+c to copy text into clipboard, which has been solved in old Boostnote issue #646.
Expected behavior
- Add a copy to clipboard to existing
ctrl+cshortcut - Change as to copy into clipboard on yank.
- Custom keybinding maybe, I personally prefer use
Escinstead ofctrl+cto exit insert mode, in old Boostnote you can copy text withctrl+cbut it also exit insert mode, which is a little annoy for me.
Steps to reproduce
- insert some text in Vim insert mode, select some text, try press ctrl-c to copy them into clipboard
- exit from vim insert mode, select some text, try press
yto yank them, but it's not show in clipboard
Environment
Desktop/Web
- Boost Note.next version: 0.12.4
- OS version and name: Windows 10
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Rokt33r commentedon Aug 20, 2021
The issue is still existing in Windows and Linux. It works fine in macOS since its copying shortcut is using
Super(Cmd) + Cinstead ofCtrl + C.How to fix
Just like the below link, adding an extra key should fix the issue.
https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote/pull/649/files#diff-7890cda3f01d76c730b641b51aca870a682d84971add9f45e9e22fc9cac46dc1R88-R93
Adding the code above to here should fix this issue.
Komediruzecki commentedon Aug 20, 2021
@Rokt33r
But does that mean that
ctrl+ccannot really be used as an exit? Since some users might want to use this shortcut instead of escape.I suppose it would be best to add a custom keymap for a copy so that users can use the default copy in VIM mode but also change it if they prefer exiting with that shortcut (or unset it).
I can easily add this to local space since it already has the implementation of keymaps, but for cloud, probably once it's ported?
Or if we want the fix straight away, as suggested?
issuehunt-oss commentedon Sep 14, 2021
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fix: handle ctrl-c copy in vim binding mode (fixes BoostIO#773)