[ih] cut and paste

[Dave Crocker]

On 8/7/2023 2:35 PM, Steve Crocker wrote:
> EMACS had -- and still has -- control-X for cutting, control-C for 
> copying, and, IIRC, control-V for pasting.  I used EMACS regularly at 
> MIT in the late 60s.  Others can supply more details.  HOWEVER, I 
> don't believe a mouse was involved.  It was straight ASCII text, 
> without fonts, boldface, etc.

IMO the mouse is entirely orthogonal, although, yeah, a "personal 
computer" might be the environment implied.


>
> I assume the references to Larry Tesler pertained to cut-and-paste in 
> the context of a graphical user interface.

mumble.

d/

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