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Article #146332Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
From: John Riddoch
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
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Martin Ibert wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 03:28:32 -0700, "Scott" <no...@nospam.com> wrote: > > >The most obvious reason is that Ctrl Z, X, C, V are most convenient for some > >of the most common operations: Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste. Simply because > >they are close to the control key on most keyboards. > > But the Z key is up between the T and U keys, way off the X-C-V row! > What you mean is the Y key! ZXCV are next to one another on _most_ keyboards; generally US/UK ones (dunno the layouts of other locale keyboards). In this sense, BillG was playing to the largest market (US+UK probably use > 50% of the world's computers). -- John Riddoch Email: j...@scms.rgu.ac.uk Telephone: (01224)262730 Room C4, School of Computer and Mathematical Science Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, AB25 1HG "Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will"
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