Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: er... Eric Fischer
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00

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Wouter de Waal  <bofh...@ccii.co.za> wrote:

> Ah yes, but Wordstar used Ctrl-K B to mark the block start, Ctrl-K K for
> block end (getit? :-) Ctrl-K C for copy, X for cut, V for paste. So it
> goes back at least that far...

My WordStar experience is pretty minimal, but the manual I have
says that ^KX is "Save & exit" and ^KV is "Move."  Did different
versions of WordStar give different meanings to these sequences?

eric

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