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Article #146363Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
From: er... Eric Fischer
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 00:00
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Dan Strychalski <dski@cameonet.cameo.com.twx> wrote: > Wherever the assignment of modifier-Z/X/C/V to Undo/Cut/Copy/Paste > originally came from, it was introduced to the computing public through > the first Macs, in 1984. Actually, the Command-X/C/V keys were also used a year earlier by the Lisa software. But Command-Z for Undo seems to have been introduced with the Mac. > (By the way, what system uses Ctrl-X to delete a line? I've been at this > stuff since 1982, and I've never seen it.) The ones I've seen are the Apple II ROM line editor, the Radofin/Mattel Aquarius, whatever version of CP/M it is that came with my Kaypro, and a few ancient versions of Unix. eric
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