On 2024-05-29 09:36, Ben Mitch via Users wrote:
Question - does anyone know /why/ this happens? Or /where/ it is configured to happen? A lot of applications use this shortcut as a 'synonym' for cut, and afaics none of them explicitly display that they are doing this. Is it a system setting? Or is it hidden by tacit agreement between developers?
These are CUA keybindings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access#Description
At some point these earlier bindings were combined with the Apple Macintosh Cmd+X,C,V style (moved to Ctrl) and implemented in Motif, which then spread elsewhere on Unix.
Best bet is to assign that key to a no-op in Geany. If you want to eliminate it everywhere, try the tactics below. I use these to deactivate the insert key, the behavior of which is never what I want, and easy to hit by mistake: