[gtk-osx-users] cut/copy/paste accelerators on Mac

[Brecht Machiels <brecht__gmane mos6581 org>]

Hello,

I'm running into a problem with PyGTK on OS X. Please find the 
description below (originally posted to the GTK+-2 OSX Users mailing 
list).

On 2014-12-26 19:13:32 +0000, John Ralls said:
> > On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Brecht Machiels wrote:
> >
> > With gtkosx-application installed, I have managed to move Zim menus to 
> > the OS X menu bar and About/Preferences/Quit to the application menu 
> > without much trouble, but there are some problems remaining.
> >
> > 3) I changed all of Zim's keyboard accelerators to use <Primary> 
> > instead of <ctrl>. This works as expected for all accelerators in the 
> > main Zim text editor widget. However, in other widgets (such as a 
> > search box), the Cmd-x/c/v accelerators do not work. Ctrl-x/c/v do, 
> > however.
> >
> > I did come across the "modifyng Gtk-2 keybindings" thread on this 
> > mailing list, where it was recommended to set
> >         gtk-key-theme-name="Mac"
> > in ~/.gtkrc-2.0
> > While this doesn't work with the Homebrew GTK+, adding
> > 	include 
> > "/usr/local/Cellar/gtk+-quartz/2.24.11/share/themes/Mac/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc" 
> >
> > should have the same effect, I think.
> > Now, the search box in Zim's main window will work with Cmd-x/c/v, but 
> > text widgets in other windows (dialogs) don't, and they won't react to 
> > Ctrl-x/c/v anymore either. Is there any way to make this work as 
> > expected?
>
> Possibly not. PyGtk hasn't been maintained for some time and may not 
> have kept up with the changes to the key handling code in Gtk+-2.24. It 
> has nothing to do with gtk-mac-integration, which only handles menus.

What could explain the Cmd+x/c/v accelerators not working in dialogs?

Thanks,
Brecht