RE: [Sheflug] vi, emacs, sharp sticks

["David Morris" <nospam [at] allvac.co.uk>]

> > What the hell are CUA (MSFT) keybindings supposed to be mnemonic for?
> > Alt-V = paste?  Alt-X = cut?

> Strangely they happen to be close to the amiga key bindings which were
> (AFAICR) A-C for copy, A-V for paste and A-X for cut. Don't know why.
> A-X makes sense as in X = kill. Maybe you could say A-K would be better,
> but X is not too bad. C for copy, now there's an idea. V? Not sure.

Logical :)

'X' represents a pair of scissors. 'V' looks like an insert marker.

'C' looks like... the first letter of 'copy' ?!


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