Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7

[tomas]

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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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