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FWIW, Larry also contributed some of his historical knowledge to the Talk page [1] of the Wikipedia article and also edited the article himself. [1] https://en
by raphman 7y ago
FWIW, Larry also contributed some of his historical knowledge to the Talk page [1] of the Wikipedia article and also edited the article himself.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cut,_copy,_and_paste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cut,_copy,_and_paste
- jolmg 7y agoNice catch! And it was on a discussion on the question of "Does anyone know where this idea came from?" Here's a nice bit: > I chose Z/X/C/V when I was in charge of the user interface design of Apple's Lisa. In addition to their adjacency on the keyboard, I wanted them to have mnemonic value: "X" a cross-out; "V" an inverted caret or proofreader's arrowhead; "C" the first letter of "copy"; the strokes of "Z" tracing a reversal followed by a new path forward. -- Larry Tesler > Correction: Apparently, my memory was incorrect. The Lisa user interface seems to have used "U" for Undo. On the Mac (as in Gypsy), "U" was and is for Underline. I do not know who chose "Z" for Mac Undo, or why. I suspect that its proximity to the Command key was the reason. -- Larry Tesler There's more, but it's too much to insert here. I'm just hoping this isn't someone posing as Larry Tesler.