Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Dan Strychalski
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:00

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  From jmfb...@aol.com came the words --

  . . .
> were based on ease of data entry.  For instance, the programmer
> insisted that each entry be terminated with a carriage return,
> causing me to "lose" my place on the keyboard.  I asked for the
  . . .

And people wonder why I will fight to be able to use ^H instead of
Backspace, ^M instead of Return/Enter, and ^[ instead of Esc. . . .

Dan Strychalski           dski at cameonet, cameo, com, tw (no _x_)

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From: Dan Strychalski <dski@cameonet.cameo.com.twx>
Subject: Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
Date: 1999/01/10
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