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Article #617550Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:58
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:58
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On 12/8/2017 12:57 PM, Quadibloc wrote: > On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 11:55:16 AM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote: >> On Thursday, January 7, 1999 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, Adrian Thompson wrote: >>> Hi. >>> 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! > >> Well, it was used for that back in the days of CP/M by WordStar, so I guess >> it was just inertia. > > ...actually, ^V meant "insert" in WordStar, as I noted in my original reply to > you back at the time of your post. > And "V" looks like the proofreader mark for inserting text. -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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