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Add info about adding copy/paste keybindings (#2290)

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* Add info about adding copy/paste keybindings

* Update doc/user-docs/UsingJsonSettings.md

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Co-Authored-By: Dustin L. Howett (MSFT) <duhowett@microsoft.com>
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1. URL such as
`http://open.esa.int/files/2017/03/Mayer_and_Bond_craters_seen_by_SMART-1-350x346.jpg`
2. Local file location such as `C:\Users\Public\Pictures\openlogo.jpg`
### Adding Copy and Paste Keybindings
As of [#1093](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/1093) (first available in Windows Terminal v0.3), the Windows Terminal now
supports copy and paste keyboard shortcuts. However, if you installed and ran
the terminal before that, you won't automatically get the new keybindings added
to your settings. If you'd like to add shortcuts for copy and paste, you can do so by inserting the following objects into your `globals.keybindings` array:
```json
{ "command": "copy", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+c"] },
{ "command": "paste", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+v"] }
```
This will add copy and paste on <kbd>ctrl+shift+c</kbd>
and <kbd>ctrl+shift+v</kbd> respectively.
You can set the keybindings to whatever you'd like. If you prefer
<kbd>ctrl+c</kbd> to copy, then set the `keys` to `"ctrl+c"`.
You can even set multiple keybindings for a single action if you'd like. For example:
```json
{
"command" : "paste",
"keys" :
[
"ctrl+shift+v"
]
},
{
"command" : "paste",
"keys" :
[
"shift+insert"
]
}
```
will bind both <kbd>ctrl+shift+v</kbd> and
<kbd>shift+Insert</kbd> to `paste`.
Note: If you set your copy keybinding to `"ctrl+c"`, you won't be able to send an interrupt to the commandline application using <kbd>Ctrl+C</kbd>. This is a bug, and being tracked by [#2258](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/2285).
Additionally, if you set `paste` to `"ctrl+v"`, commandline applications won't be able to read a ctrl+v from the input. For these reasons, we suggest `"ctrl+shift+c"` and `"ctrl+shift+v"`