Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: J. Benz
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00

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Kirk Is wrote:

> Mnemonicaly, I've always seen Ctrl-V as standing for "V"iew, i.e.
> see what's in the clipboard.
>
> What did does use, all those ctrl-insert variants?  What about for copy?

What did does use?  What does did use?

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