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[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #221

  • From: "Ray Andrews" <randrews@xxxxxx>
  • To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:19:59 -0800
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All,

>> I first used WordStar in 1983 and still use it. What is awful about
>> these combinations? <GGGGGG> Matter of opinion :-))))

> A matter of what you're used to.

> I used WordStar some years ago, but I never did get the hang of
> all the ctrl-K and ctrl-Q commands unless I had the "cheat sheet"
> right next to me.

> I prefer Delete to delete, shift-Delete to cut to clipboard,
> Ctrl-Insert to copy to clipboard and shift-Insert to paste from
> clipboard, only because that's what I've been using for 20+
> years.

Yup, it seems to me that the control combinations used by MS edit 
have become very widely used, almost universal now, and as much as
I hate the source, I think they are the most intuitive, too.  There
the ones I'd like Arachne to use.

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