Comment 2 for bug 587896

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

This is an example of the harm caused by file managers using "Cut", "Copy", and "Paste" to refer to moving and duplicating files, while every other program uses them for moving and copying things *inside* a file.

One way to fix this would be to have "File" > "Move To…", with some sort of bottom-of-screen overlay for cancelling or confirming the move into whichever folder you navigate to. And similarly "File" > "Copy To…" for copying. Then the Edit menu items could be strictly about text (e.g. in filenames) and icons, not about files as a whole.