diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java
index 84ffc76a1..e18145620 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ public abstract class InputHandler extends KeyAdapter
         public static final ActionListener SELECT_PREV_WORD = new prev_word(true);
         public static final ActionListener REPEAT = new repeat();
         public static final ActionListener TOGGLE_RECT = new toggle_rect();
+        public static final ActionListener CLIPBOARD_CUT = new clipboard_cut();  // [fry]
+        public static final ActionListener CLIPBOARD_COPY = new clipboard_copy();
+        public static final ActionListener CLIPBOARD_PASTE = new clipboard_paste();
 
         // Default action
         public static final ActionListener INSERT_CHAR = new insert_char();
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ public abstract class InputHandler extends KeyAdapter
                 actions.put("repeat",REPEAT);
                 actions.put("toggle-rect",TOGGLE_RECT);
                 actions.put("insert-char",INSERT_CHAR);
+                actions.put("clipboard-cut",CLIPBOARD_CUT);
+                actions.put("clipboard-copy",CLIPBOARD_COPY);
+                actions.put("clipboard-paste",CLIPBOARD_PASTE);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -1076,6 +1082,34 @@ public abstract class InputHandler extends KeyAdapter
                                 !textArea.isSelectionRectangular());
                 }
         }
+        
+        
+        public static class clipboard_cut implements ActionListener
+        {
+                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
+                {
+                        getTextArea(evt).cut();
+                }
+        }
+
+        
+        public static class clipboard_copy implements ActionListener
+        {
+                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
+                {
+                        getTextArea(evt).copy();
+                }
+        }
+        
+        
+        public static class clipboard_paste implements ActionListener
+        {
+                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
+                {
+                        getTextArea(evt).paste();
+                }
+        }
+
 
         public static class insert_char implements ActionListener,
                 InputHandler.NonRepeatable
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeTextAreaDefaults.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeTextAreaDefaults.java
index a2dda2b78..e6e1babee 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeTextAreaDefaults.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeTextAreaDefaults.java
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ public class PdeTextAreaDefaults extends TextAreaDefaults {
     //inputHandler.addKeyBinding("TAB", InputHandler.INSERT_TAB);
 
     inputHandler.addKeyBinding("INSERT", InputHandler.OVERWRITE);
+    
+    // http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=162
+    // added for 0176, though the bindings do not appear relevant for osx 
+    if (!Base.isMacOS()) {
+      inputHandler.addKeyBinding("C+INSERT", InputHandler.CLIPBOARD_COPY);
+      inputHandler.addKeyBinding("S+INSERT", InputHandler.CLIPBOARD_PASTE);
+      inputHandler.addKeyBinding("S+DELETE", InputHandler.CLIPBOARD_CUT);
+    }
+
     // disabling for 0122, not sure what this does
     //inputHandler.addKeyBinding("C+\\", InputHandler.TOGGLE_RECT);