Support ctrl+insert/shift+insert/shift+delete shortcuts on Mac

[vdsirotkin]

There are 3 handy shortcuts, which are shipped with Windows:

• ctrl+insert == ctrl+c
• shift+insert == ctrl+v
• shift+delete == ctrl+x

It would be extremely nice if you support them in NotepadNext on MacOS platform.

Thanks!

[dail8859]

I don't have a Mac to test on at all. Scintilla's keymap defines those keys, which is why it works on Windows.

NotepadNext/src/scintilla/src/KeyMap.cxx

Lines 136 to 141 in 48b11b3

	{Keys::Delete, SCI_SHIFT, Message::Cut},
	{Keys::Delete, SCI_CTRL, Message::DelWordRight},
	{Keys::Delete, SCI_CSHIFT, Message::DelLineRight},
	{Keys::Insert, SCI_NORM, Message::EditToggleOvertype},
	{Keys::Insert, SCI_SHIFT, Message::Paste},
	{Keys::Insert, SCI_CTRL, Message::Copy},

So I don't have a clue as to why that wouldn't work for MacOS. Maybe someone else will be able to debug/explain it.

[vdsirotkin]

@dail8859 thanks for the info!
I have a mac, but i've ~0 experience in debugging c++ applications. If you can help me we some basic information about gathering debug data - i'll do my best to help.

Just realized, that shift+delete actually works.

I've tried to set up the same shortcuts in IntelliJ IDEA, and here's what i've got:

So seems like key code is different for mac os on these buttons...

[dail8859]

I don't know of an easy way debug this other than building the application from source and stepping through the code as it executes. Even then I'm not sure how easy the keyboard input will be to debug. These shortcuts are all defined the same way, so it is very odd to me that Shfit+Del works but the others don't.

[vdsirotkin]

@dail8859 i guess that "insert" button on mac os has just different keycode. Maybe there's some relatively simple way for me to check this button's code in Scintilla?

[dail8859]

SciTE is kind of the "test platform" for Scintilla but I don't think they publish any applications on MacOS you could test with.

It could also be related to Scintilla on Qt, which I'm not sure how popular that is for other applications. I guess you could reach out to the Scintilla mailing list to ask about this but I'm not sure how much help they'd be without any hard evidence. I don't think it is anything I'm doing specifically in the application but cannot say for certain.