Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 08:38

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On Wed, 11 May 2016 18:11:01 -0700 (PDT)
redfa...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm a good 17 years late, but I was always told it was Ctrl-Velcro.

	Hmm, now see if you can guess why Ctrl-A is back one word in
WordStar - hint Wordstar was probably the best example of great
text mode ergonomics ever created - second hint they got the basic idea
from vi.

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