Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Samael
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00

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John Birch wrote in message <36948e3e...@news.demon.co.uk>...

><Winge>
>I still can't work out why you can't highlight a section of something
>and just press delete and insert to paste but have to use control key
>as well.


Because frequently I want to copy something, delete something else adn then
paste what I just cut into the space.

It therefore makes sense to seperate the delete and cut functions.

Samael

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