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Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:28
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:49:59 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

> JimP <solo...@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 18:41:33 -0600, Dave Garland
>> <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2/1/2018 4:31 PM, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 10:48:03 +0000, Andrew Swallow wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/02/2018 06:46, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:46:41 +0000, Andy Burns
>>>>>> <use...@andyburns.uk>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So why don't we have Ctrl-S for cut? Where S stands for secare ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        How about Ctrl-C for cut?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gene Wirchenko
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> May be Copy got their first.
>>>> 
>>>> Suppose the aim was to have all keys close at the keyboard. a-z-x-c
>>>> (all-undo-cut-copy). But makes me wonder why "paste" usually has
>>>> CTRL-p then.
>>>> 
>>>It does?
>>>
>>>I just looked around on this Win machine... Thunderbird, Notepad,
>>>Notepad+ (also accepts shift-INS), LibreOffice, IrfanView, MSPaint,
>>>Adobe Premiere, Audacity, are all ctrl-V. Don't see anything at all
>>>that's ctrl-p. There are a couple of programs that won't accept a
>>>keyboard shortcut, but that's not what you're talking about. AFAIK my
>>>Linux machine downstairs (with some different software) is pretty much
>>>the same.
>>
>> Ctrl-P is print.
> 
> Ctrl-P is "go up a line" in all properly designed text editors.

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