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Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: JimP
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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Subject: Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
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