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Article #620020Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
From: JimP
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:11
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:11
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On 2 Feb 2018 22:28:37 GMT, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: >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 Didn't I say it was print in Windows software ? If not, I made a misstep.
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