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Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7
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tomas |
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Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7 |
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Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:55:55 +0000 |
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On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 12:46:41PM -0500, Peter Whaite wrote:
> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Do these articles shed any light on the question of where the Windows
> > bindings
> > of C-x, C-c and C-v got started?
>
> I haven't looked at those articles (too much pdf to download on my slow
> dialup) but my recollection is that Windows followed the convention
> already in use by Apple, though Apple used the command key (the
> "pretzel" key) which was missing from Windows keyboards.
>
> The mnemonics I use for those keys, and which I thought were commonly
> known, are:
>
> Cmd-X cut - the X looks like a pair of scissors
> Cmd-C copy - C is for copy
> Cmd-V paste - the V looks like the nozzel of a glue pot.
Right. At that time Windows went with IBM's CUA, which had the
more-difficult-to-remember SHIFT-INS, CTRL-INS and (I think) CTRL-DEL. I
guess they still work.
Regards
- -- tomás
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- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, (continued)
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Kim F. Storm, 2007/01/08
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Richard Stallman, 2007/01/08
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Richard Stallman, 2007/01/04
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Jason Rumney, 2007/01/04
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Richard Stallman, 2007/01/03
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, kevin.gal, 2007/01/08
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Chris Moore, 2007/01/08
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Kevin Gallagher, 2007/01/10
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Richard Stallman, 2007/01/11
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Peter Whaite, 2007/01/11
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7,
tomas <=
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Stuart D. Herring, 2007/01/11
- Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7, Richard Stallman, 2007/01/14