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From: Chris Ridd on 28 May 2010 14:57 On 2010-05-28 19:11:59 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> paste Values > > Woo-hoo! Is *that* why it's Cmd/Ctrl-V? I don't think so. Apple chose Command-X for cut, because X looked a bit like scissors, Command-C for copy (mnemonically), and the next key along on the keyboard became paste. So AFAIK it is V just because that key is next to X and C on US keyboards and Apple thought the physical closeness of the keys would be helpful. -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 May 2010 15:00 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > So AFAIK it is V just because that key is next to X and C on US > keyboards and Apple thought the physical closeness of the keys would be > helpful. Yes, that sounds sufficiently CP/M like to be true... -- Peter
From: Chris Ridd on 28 May 2010 15:25 On 2010-05-28 20:00:58 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> So AFAIK it is V just because that key is next to X and C on US >> keyboards and Apple thought the physical closeness of the keys would be >> helpful. > > Yes, that sounds sufficiently CP/M like to be true... I wish I could remember where I read that. Seems like it might be a "dead granny"! -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 May 2010 16:26 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> So AFAIK it is V just because that key is next to X and C on US > >> keyboards and Apple thought the physical closeness of the keys would be > >> helpful. > > > > Yes, that sounds sufficiently CP/M like to be true... > > I wish I could remember where I read that. Seems like it might be a > "dead granny"! Who cares? It sounds very possible, from that time when the question was, 'We've got this machine, it has a keyboard, now how do we make it do things?' -- Peter
From: Duncan Kennedy on 29 May 2010 05:36
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-28 19:11:59 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > > > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > >> paste Values > > > > Woo-hoo! Is *that* why it's Cmd/Ctrl-V? > > I don't think so. Apple chose Command-X for cut, because X looked a bit > like scissors, Command-C for copy (mnemonically), and the next key > along on the keyboard became paste. > > So AFAIK it is V just because that key is next to X and C on US > keyboards and Apple thought the physical closeness of the keys would be > helpful. Or could V = view? I reaally don't kow even if I have been using exactly the same on Windows for years - along with alt+tab to change open applications to copy from one to the other. -- duncank |