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[Paul Johnson]

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On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:35:33PM -0800, Dylan Reinhardt wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:35:22, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursine.ca> wrote:
> > Does having to hit Ctrl-C to copy, and and Ctrl-V
> > to paste really have to be mandatory?  Why not just do it the right
> > way, select copies, middle-click pastes?  
> 
> Because when Apple pioneered the use of cut/copy & paste (ca. 1981),
> they used ^X, ^C, and ^V.  When MS stole their look & feel, it only made
> sense to take their well-known keyboard shortcuts too.  :-)

That was 20 years ago.  Everyone else has moved on.

> I agree that highlight & center-click is often more convenient, but the
> well-known shortcuts that have been around since the first real
> application of this idea are every bit as much the "right" way.

Right, much like Edsels are the car of the future.

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