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On Thu, 07 Jan 1999 22:24:23 +1100, g...@zip.com.au (Sean Case) wrote:

 >In article <MPG.10fea95f4...@172.16.1.5>, He...@there.com (Adrian
 >Thompson) wrote:
 >
 >> Can anyone out there tell me why Windows uses Ctrl-V as a keyboard 
 >> shortcut for Paste? I've just been asked by one fo the children here, and 
 >> I realised I have no idea!
 >
 >... because they ripped it off from the Macintosh, which reserves the
 >keys Command-Z, Command-X, Command-C, and Command-V for Undo, Cut, Copy,
 >and Paste respectively.  Note that these letters occupy the bottom left
 >corner of the keyboard, and so these command combinations are fairly
 >easy to type with the left hand while holding the mouse with the right.

Gee, that's an interesting spin.

Did WordStar steal it from the Mac, too? Even though WordStar predated the Mac
by a number of years?

How about copy editing notation? It predates computers. It might even predate
linotypes - I'm not sure. 

V is used for insert, because it's a wedge shape that points to where you are
wedging the new text in.

deke


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