Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: edb...
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00

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In article <MPG.10fea95f4...@172.16.1.5>,
(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!

I tell my pupils that, of course, Ctrl-C is for COPY (although in Norwegian
it's Kopi). That the 'X' in Ctrl-X is like a scissor, and the 'V' in Ctrl-V
is an arrow (pointing down).

That's like the old flow-control commands (XON/XOFF) where:
Ctrl-S was 'Stop' and Ctrl-Q was 'Qontinue' :-)

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