Virtual Events

A virtual event corresponds to one or more event sequences. When any of the event sequences occurs, then the virtual event occurs. The next example shows the default virtual events for each platform:

Example 26-4 Virtual events for cut, copy, and paste.
switch $tcl_platform(platform) {
    "unix" {
      event add <<Cut>> <Control-Key-x> <Key-F20>
      event add <<Copy>> <Control-Key-c> <Key-F16>
      event add <<Paste>> <Control-Key-v> <Key-F18>
   }
   "windows" {
      event add <<Cut>> <Control-Key-x> <Shift-Key-Delete>
      event add <<Copy>> <Control-Key-c> <Control-Key-Insert>
      event add <<Paste>> <Control-Key-v> <Shift-Key-Insert>
   }
   "macintosh" {
      event add <<Cut>> <Control-Key-x> <Key-F2>
      event add <<Copy>> <Control-Key-c> <Key-F3>
      event add <<Paste>> <Control-Key-v> ...

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