From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tomas@tuxteam.de Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:55:55 +0000 Message-ID: <20070111175554.GA27873@www.trapp.net> References: <13019191.885041168301149016.JavaMail.root@vms172.mailsrvcs.net> <45A59E12.5030003@verizon.net> <4384.1168537601@brains.montreal.moreideas.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168538327 11993 80.91.229.12 (11 Jan 2007 17:58:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:58:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 11 18:58:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H54CJ-00004t-2Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:58:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H54CI-0008Qd-S3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:58:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H54C4-0008P5-2n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:58:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H54C2-0008Os-7m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:58:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H54C2-0008Op-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:58:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.22.192.104] (helo=www.elogos.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H54C1-0006Pj-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from www.elogos.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.elogos.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 262C04B582; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:55:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: by www.elogos.de (Postfix, from userid 4000) id 1B6394B587; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:55:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: Peter Whaite Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4384.1168537601@brains.montreal.moreideas.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:65149 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 12:46:41PM -0500, Peter Whaite wrote: > Richard Stallman wrote: >=20 > > Do these articles shed any light on the question of where the Windows= bindings > > of C-x, C-c and C-v got started? >=20 > 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. >=20 > The mnemonics I use for those keys, and which I thought were commonly > known, are: >=20 > 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 - -- tom=C3=A1s -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFpnoqBcgs9XrR2kYRAkDpAJ9MCarvCy27Lj+S9xFLcEqgimjHYQCfci0C 7uApkrbUk3aDMxSdjM+6fro=3D =3D5i7V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----