nemesis wrote:
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> Every software has its quirks.  Read that as "Yank 3 blocks", "}" used because
> of its widespread use in computer programming as a block terminator.  Now, I
> understand "CTRL+C" as copy, because of C, but why Paste uses "v"?!  quirks...

Often used operations like Cut, Copy and Paste should be easy to do,
so it is wise to choose keys for those that are close to a special key,
like e.g. Ctrl.

The X, C and V keys are next to each others and so close to Ctrl that
you can keep your little finger on Ctrl while pressing them.

If you are writing on paper you can indicate were some text is to be
inserted by drawing something similar to a V between two words and a
little bit above them, and then the text to be inserted above the V.
V is therefore not a bad choice for Paste.

If you want to remove some text you could draw something similar to an
X over it. X is therefore not a bad choice for Cut.

And then you have C that is easy to remember as an abbreviation for
Copy.

-- 
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com

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