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Article #620019Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:28
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. +1 -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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