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I still remember the good old days where keyboards had Function keys and apps would prominently display a F2 next to the save button, an F10 next to quit. Even

I still remember the good old days where keyboards had Function keys and apps would prominently display a F2 next to the save button, an F10 next to quit. Even for computer illiterate people, that made using keyboard shortcuts a bliss. Save was ALWAYS on F2 no matter what you did, so people would put physical stickers on their keyboard to make the F2 button say "Save" on the keycap.

hnlmorg 5y ago
What system was this? I've used every version of Windows (literally), DOS since the 80s, Macs since the 90s, Linux since the 90s, Atari ST, and several different 8-bit micros and I don't recall ever using F2 to save. I do believe your anecdote but it's completely escaped me what platform might have used F2. Also worth noting that keyboards do still have function keys. In fact I use F2 as my `tmux` control prefix. :)
- dspillett 5y ago
  I remember F2 being save in the DOS era, or maybe I'm misremembering and it was F3... But for many years I've associated F2 with edit or rename.
  - hnlmorg 5y ago
    I do remember when ctrl+shift+insert was common for paste (rather than ctrl+v). I can't remember off hand was copy was beyond it being a similar key combination. Still trips me up these days using cmd instead of ctrl on macs.
    - dspillett 5y ago
      ctrl+insert for copy and shift+insert for paste are still a thing in the majority of places in Windows, though I think only the ancients like me use them (people newer to the game being taught ctrl+C & ctrl+V from the start). Not long ago I even spotted it being usable in an app that blocked ctrl+C/ctrl+V.
- ogurechny 5y ago
  Borland IDEs, Norton Commander (and its alternatives) built-in text editor, and programs that mimicked those green-grayish or blue-grayish text mode windows. Or those simply made with Turbo Vision.
  - hnlmorg 5y ago
    Ah yes, I now remember using F2 on Turbo Pascal. Thanks for the reminder :)
- garaetjjte 5y ago
  mcedit does have save on F2 (which I guess is carried over from DOS Norton Commander): https://rubenerd.com/files/2009/3612703566_52304223da_o.png https://rubenerd.com/files/2009/3612703566_52304223da_o.png
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hnlmorg 5y ago

What system was this? I've used every version of Windows (literally), DOS since the 80s, Macs since the 90s, Linux since the 90s, Atari ST, and several different 8-bit micros and I don't recall ever using F2 to save. I do believe your anecdote but it's completely escaped me what platform might have used F2. Also worth noting that keyboards do still have function keys. In fact I use F2 as my `tmux` control prefix. :)

dspillett 5y ago
I remember F2 being save in the DOS era, or maybe I'm misremembering and it was F3... But for many years I've associated F2 with edit or rename.
- hnlmorg 5y ago
  I do remember when ctrl+shift+insert was common for paste (rather than ctrl+v). I can't remember off hand was copy was beyond it being a similar key combination. Still trips me up these days using cmd instead of ctrl on macs.
  - dspillett 5y ago
    ctrl+insert for copy and shift+insert for paste are still a thing in the majority of places in Windows, though I think only the ancients like me use them (people newer to the game being taught ctrl+C & ctrl+V from the start). Not long ago I even spotted it being usable in an app that blocked ctrl+C/ctrl+V.
ogurechny 5y ago
Borland IDEs, Norton Commander (and its alternatives) built-in text editor, and programs that mimicked those green-grayish or blue-grayish text mode windows. Or those simply made with Turbo Vision.
- hnlmorg 5y ago
  Ah yes, I now remember using F2 on Turbo Pascal. Thanks for the reminder :)
garaetjjte 5y ago
mcedit does have save on F2 (which I guess is carried over from DOS Norton Commander): https://rubenerd.com/files/2009/3612703566_52304223da_o.png https://rubenerd.com/files/2009/3612703566_52304223da_o.png
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