From: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:55:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070111175554.GA27873@www.trapp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4384.1168537601@brains.montreal.moreideas.ca>
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On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 12:46:41PM -0500, Peter Whaite wrote:
> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> 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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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-09 0:05 Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7 kevin.gal
2007-01-09 1:16 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-11 2:16 ` Kevin Gallagher
2007-01-11 16:49 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-11 17:46 ` Peter Whaite
2007-01-11 17:55 ` tomas [this message]
2007-01-11 18:35 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-14 20:46 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] <E1H1qoi-0001av-Hq@monty-python.gnu.org>
2007-01-02 22:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-02 22:28 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-02 23:02 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-03 3:46 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-03 13:05 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-03 14:07 ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-03 15:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-03 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-04 2:31 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-04 4:33 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2007-01-04 7:30 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-04 9:28 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-04 10:24 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-04 11:35 ` Jan Djärv
2007-01-04 12:25 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-04 12:49 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-04 22:34 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-05 13:39 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-06 2:55 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 23:55 ` Juri Linkov
2007-01-07 23:23 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-07 23:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 0:16 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-08 15:35 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-08 18:24 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 21:10 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-08 19:46 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-04 22:33 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-04 8:08 ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-03 21:11 ` Richard Stallman
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